Medi Tech Trust

What Medi Tech Trust does

Medi Tech Trust is a UK registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hailsham, East Sussex, that donates medical equipment and surgical consumables to hospitals and surgeries, and arranges surgical training courses in low-income countries. The charity operates through a small volunteer-and-trustee model (approximately 10 people, no professional fundraisers) and is led by Co-Chairs Robert Lewis (Founder) and Graham Watson (Consultant Urologist), who has trained surgeons across 15+ African states plus Sri Lanka, Egypt, and Pakistan, and was awarded the 2023 Albert Schweitzer International Teaching Award.

Its two core products are direct equipment donation programmes (Community Initiatives in the UK and direct overseas hospital support) and the Medigive online platform, launched in August 2021. Medigive is a web-based intermediary that allows medical institutions and manufacturers to list unwanted equipment and surgical consumables and allows recipient institutions to apply for items, with the charity acting as a privacy-preserving intermediary and no payment or administration charges changing hands. The platform and the Medi Tech Trust brand are both legally trademarked with the UK Intellectual Property Office.

The revenue model is donations-based: the charity receives contributions from individuals, fraternal organisations, businesses, legacies, and Gift Aid on UK taxpayer donations, with no products or services sold for profit. Recipients receive equipment free of charge. The charity is supported by NHS trusts that donate surplus equipment, local volunteer networks (e.g., Sussex Rotarians) that assist with sorting and logistics, and strategic partners such as Friends of Eastbourne Hospital. Cumulative impact metrics include over £1 million of equipment supplied to East Sussex hospitals, £3 million+ redistributed through Medigive in its first two years, and operations spanning 9+ overseas countries.

Name

Medi Tech Trust

Legal name

MEDI TECH TRUST

Website

https://meditechtrust.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Medi Tech Trust is a UK registered charity, founded in 2002, that donates medical equipment and surgical consumables to UK and overseas hospitals and arranges surgical training in low-income countries, operating through its Medigive online donation-matching platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hailsham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Medi Tech Trust raises funds through generous donations from individuals, fraternal organisations, businesses, and supporters. Donations can be made via credit card, debit card, cheque, cash, or bank transfer. The charity also receives Gift Aid on donations from UK taxpayers.
2. Legacies and Wills: Supporters can leave legacies to the charity in their wills, providing vital long-term contribution to the charity's future success.
3. Medigive Platform: Medical equipment donations are facilitated through the Medigive platform without payment or administration charges between donors and recipients.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Medi Tech Trust is a UK registered charity that donates modern medical equipment and surgical consumables to hospitals and surgeries in the UK and low-income countries, arranges training courses for surgeons in Africa and Sri Lanka, and operates the MEDIGIVE online platform where medical institutions and manufacturers donate unwanted equipment that other institutions can apply to receive. All transfers of equipment and consumables are made without payment or administration charges between donors and recipients.

Product overview

Medi Tech Trust operates as a unified charitable platform offering two main services: medical equipment donations and the MEDIGIVE online platform. The core charity handles direct equipment donations to UK and overseas hospitals, arranges surgeon training visits to Africa and Sri Lanka, and advances community healthcare education. MEDIGIVE serves as a separate web-based platform enabling medical institutions to donate and receive equipment without financial transactions, functioning as an intermediary between donors and recipients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MEDIGIVE: Shopping with a difference platform where medical institutions and manufacturers donate unwanted equipment to other institutions without payment. Launched August 2021. Names and logos legally trademark registered.

Products and services

• Medi Tech Trust medical equipment donation programme A UK registered charity programme that donates modern medical equipment and surgical consumables to NHS hospitals, GP surgeries, and hospitals in low-income countries to enable less invasive surgery and faster patient recovery. Equipment is provided on a permanent loan basis. For UK and overseas hospitals, GP surgeries, and medical institutions.
• MEDIGIVE online platform An online intermediary platform where medical institutions and manufacturers list unwanted medical equipment and surgical consumables, and other medical institutions can apply to receive them. Items change hands without payments or administration charges, and the intermediary protects donor and recipient identities. For medical institutions and manufacturers worldwide.
• Surgical training visits programme Organised training visits by volunteer medical professionals (led by Co-Chair and Consultant Urologist Graham Watson) to hospitals in Africa and Sri Lanka, delivering training in minimally invasive surgical procedures, particularly in urology, alongside equipment and consumables donations. For surgeons, nurses, and clinical staff in low- and middle-income countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Medical equipment and surgical consumables worth £ millions donated to hospitals in UK and overseas
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NHS Trusts (various)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMedi Tech Trust works with NHS Trusts who donate unwanted medical equipment and surgical consumables through the Medigive platform. NHS staff participate in volunteering activities, and recyclable disposed-of instruments are collected from NHS hospitals for redistribution to low-income countries.
• Sussex RotariansminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal Rotarians volunteer to help sort thousands of surgical items destined for low-income countries. MTT donates pulse oximeters to aid Rotarians in their Covid response activities.
• Friends of Eastbourne HospitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint funding partnership for medical equipment. MTT donated £25,000 shortfall for robotic instrument and £150,000 match funding for radiotherapy centre. Organizations collaborate on hospital equipment initiatives.
• University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS TrustminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHospital securely collects recyclable disposed-of instruments that the charity sends to low-income countries after re-sterilisation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MedShare: US-based nonprofit that recovers and redistributes surplus medical supplies and equipment to underserved hospitals globally. Closely comparable mission and operating model to Medi Tech Trust and MEDIGIVE, with larger scale and longer track record.
• Direct Relief: US-based humanitarian aid organization that provides medical resources to underserved communities worldwide, including donated equipment, supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Comparable in mission to redirect surplus medical resources to where they are needed most.
• CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board): International faith-based nonprofit that delivers medical equipment, medicines, and health programs to underserved communities worldwide. Comparable international footprint and equipment donation model, with a broader health-program portfolio.
• International Medical Corps: Global humanitarian organization delivering emergency relief, healthcare, and medical training in low-resource settings. Overlaps with Medi Tech Trust on equipment donation and surgeon training components, though at a much larger institutional scale.
• Project C.U.R.E. International nonprofit that collects and delivers donated medical equipment and supplies to hospitals in low- and middle-income countries. Directly comparable redistribution model, though with much higher equipment throughput and US-centric operations.
• MedWish International: US nonprofit that redistributes surplus medical supplies and equipment to developing countries and supports local healthcare capacity. Directly comparable mission of repurposing unused medical inventory, with a smaller US-centric footprint.
• Assist International: Nonprofit that facilitates donations of medical equipment, supplies, and training to hospitals in low-income countries. Comparable dual focus on equipment provision and clinical training.

Regional players

• Mercy Ships: Operates hospital ships delivering free surgical care and training in sub-Saharan Africa. Overlaps on the surgical training and capacity-building side, though it is faith-based, ship-based, and serves Africa specifically rather than operating the equipment-redistribution flywheel.
• UK-Med: UK-registered charity that deploys medical teams and equipment to disasters and crises worldwide, with a training and capacity-building mandate. UK-based peer with overlapping international health capacity-building work.

Broad incumbents

• WHO (World Health Organization): UN specialized agency that, among other activities, coordinates medical supply donations and capacity-building programs globally. Touches Medi Tech Trust's mission in low-income countries but is a vastly larger intergovernmental body.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MTTorg
• Facebookfacebook.com/meditechtrust
• Instagraminstagram.com/mtt_mg21
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medi-tech-trust

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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