# UK Biobank

has recruited and follows roughly 500,000 UK participants, with its linked biospecimens and health data underpinning a continuous stream of published genomic and epidemiological research across cardiovascular, oncology and neurological disease.

Source: https://en.bioecon.ru/companies/uk-biobank/
Updated: 2026-07-20

- Country: United Kingdom

## Verifiable facts

| Fact | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Founded | November 2003 | https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-us/our-funding/ |
| Research focus | large-scale biomedical research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30305743/ |
| Facility | imaging sites in Reading, Bristol, Cheadle, and Newcastle; facility in Stockport; new facility at Manchester Science Park | https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/UK-Biobank-annual-report-2025.pdf |
| Grant | £127.6 million from UKRI Infrastructure Fund; multiple core and project-specific grants from public and private funders | https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-us/our-funding/ |
| Publications | over 18,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers | https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/UK-Biobank-annual-report-2025.pdf |
| Principal staff | Professor Sir Rory Collins (CEO and Principal Investigator), Dr Naomi Allen (Chief Scientist), Dr Mark Effingham (Deputy CEO), Gareth Gregory (CFO) | https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/about-us/people-and-governance/executive-management-team/ |
| Headcount | 315 (as of September 2025) | https://findthatcharity.uk/orgid/GB-CHC-1101332, https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/UK-Biobank-annual-report-2025.pdf |

Independent sources: findthatcharity.uk, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

## Technologies

- [Biobanks of human & population samples](https://en.bioecon.ru/technology/biobanks-human-population-samples/)