UKCryonics in the UK
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Cryonics in the United Kingdom

Cryonics is international, but response time, local support and paperwork are not. These figures show the UK network without pretending that unlike membership categories are directly comparable.

Tomorrow.bio

95As of 2026-07-08

People with an active Tomorrow.bio membership in the United Kingdom.

This uses Tomorrow.bio's membership definition and is not directly comparable with the figures reported by other organizations.

Cryonics Institute

135As of June 2026

CI membership records attributed to the UK or Scotland.

Derived from CI's table: UK 131 plus Scotland 4. Two records labelled British Isles are excluded because their country is ambiguous. CI membership is not necessarily a completed cryopreservation arrangement.

CI member statistics

Alcor

48As of 31 December 2022

UK cryopreservation members with contractual and financial arrangements in effect.

This is the newest UK figure in an accessible Alcor country table we could verify. It is historical, not a current 2026 count. The same table lists 4 UK patients.

Alcor Q1 2023 country table

Where members and response teams are based

Green markers denote city areas with one or more active members. Ambulance icons show Tomorrow.bio ambulance and SST bases. The closest active ambulance base to the country is highlighted in local view, while outlined icons mark planned bases. Coordinates are deliberately rounded.

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Closest active Tomorrow.bio ambulance base to London: Zürich. All locations are shown at city-area or regional precision.

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    Cryonics and biostasis in the UK

    Recent reporting connected to cryonics, biostasis and human cryopreservation in the United Kingdom.

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    Local infrastructure

    Organizations and research

    Volunteer emergency support and registered charity

    Cryonics UK

    Cryonics UK provides local standby, initial cooling, perfusion support and help with transport. It does not provide long-term storage. The related Human Organ Preservation Research Trust is registered charity 1001750.

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    A short history

    How the United Kingdom network developed

    May 1986

    British Cryonics Society formed

    The group changed its name to Mizar within two months.

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    1989

    Mizar became Alcor UK

    Its role was emergency transport and other local services, excluding long-term storage.

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    October 1990

    European conference at Gatwick

    Alcor UK hosted a conference attended by about 50 people from several countries.

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    1991

    Cryonics UK charity registered

    The Human Organ Preservation Research Trust appears on the Charity Commission register as charity 1001750.

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    Documented cases

    People from United Kingdom in long-term storage

    There is no complete public register of people from the UK in cryogenic storage. Providers usually protect identities. These anonymized case reports are documented examples, not a total.

    15 July 2015

    CI patient 134

    A 63-year-old man died in England. Cryonics UK handled local arrangements, and long-term storage is at the Cryonics Institute in Michigan.

    Case report
    9 March 2022

    CI patient 222

    A 53-year-old woman died in England. Cryonics UK performed local procedures and transport preparation. She entered long-term storage in Michigan.

    Case report
    7 October 2023

    CI patient 246

    A 79-year-old man from the UK died and reached the Michigan facility on 19 October after local support from Cryonics UK.

    Case report
    29 February 2024

    CI patient 254

    A 50-year-old man died in England. Cryonics UK provided standby, perfusion and transport services before storage in Michigan.

    Case report
    11 February 2025

    CI patient 268

    A 65-year-old man died in England. Cryonics UK provided local procedures, and the patient arrived for long-term storage in Michigan on 27 February.

    Case report