Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Constitution and Organisation
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine was founded in 1898 and incorporated on 30 January 1905 as the Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. The School was registered as a charity on 11 October 1963. The School is a company limited by guarantee and holds no share capital and is governed by a board of trustees.
The Incorporated Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine changed its name on 30 November 1992 to The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Memorandum of Association
The School’s memorandum and articles of association were amended by special resolutions on 10 December 2004 and 10 January 2007. It lists the main objects as:-
To engage in, promote and encourage research, study and instruction in connection with the origin, character, alleviation, prevention and cure of every or any type of tropical disease which now is or may hereafter become known in any part of the world where such disease either manifests itself or has effects; and to advance and encourage learning and the practice of all sciences and arts allied with or which may be usefully studied in connection with the matters aforesaid, and to collect and circulate information with regard to such diseases, sciences and arts.