Charitable expenditure breakdown 2006/07

19 February 2008

Our charitable expenditure for the year represented graphically. Included are breakdowns for our direct activities and support costs.

Direct activities:£40.6M

Direct activities are those managed by the Wellcome Trust itself or in partnership with others. These include:

• Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, excluding the Sanger Institute
• Wellcome Library
• Directly managed public engagement activities
• Scientific conferences.

Support costs: £47.1M

Support costs include expenditure required to run the Wellcome Trust and Genome Campus, including the Sanger Institute. These include costs associated with administering grants and the wide range of other activities carried out by the Trust.

The expenditure values used here are extracted from our Annual Report and Financial Statements 2007, which include a detailed breakdown of the Trust’s expenditure and investments during the year.