The charity is currently funding 95 research grants worth £15,630,534 in 33 centres of excellence.

Gobel legally established the charity and seed funded the Methuselah Mouse Prize.

The charities have funded medical research in the United States and over 400 charities in India.

The project was led from start to finish by Andrew Lashbrook, who was subsequently offered position by the charities funding the work.

Since its founding, charity: water has established 25 local partnerships, funded approximately 3,962 projects in 19 countries and provided roughly 1.8 million people with clean water.

The charity has continued its work with families affected by neuroblastoma and by January 2013 had funded treatment for 21 children abroad.

Since 2003 the charity has funded and managed irrigation projects, school buildings, aids education awareness programmes, and a vocational training centre.

The charity also funds a series of holidays for children recovering from cancer every year.

The charity has also funded research into osteoporosis, nerve repair, hydrocephalus and myasthenia gravis.

The charity initially funded a range of projects, however in 1964 Tenovus embarked on a project which was to influence their work over the next 40 years.