BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1057831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B A H T

To support continuing education and research within hand therapy amongst physiotherapy and occupational therapy members.

Objects

The objects for which the Association is established are, for the public benefit: 1. to advance and promote the study and general knowledge of hand therapy to members of the public and professionals involved in the management of the upper limb by encouraging equality and high standards of assessment and rehabilitation of the upper limb nationally and internationally; 2. to support sharing of information, including research activity, in order to promote high standards of care in the assessment and rehabilitation of the upper limb. (together, the ?Objects?). In furtherance of the Objects (but not otherwise) the Association may (without limitation): ? promote interdisciplinary cooperation and education between medical professionals involved in the treatment of the upper limb; ? promote and encourage participation in continuing education for those involved in the assessment and rehabilitation of the upper limb, including through conferences, study days and other educational courses; ? provide guidance, funding opportunities, and expert assistance to participate in research at local, national and international levels; ? provide a forum for discussion of matters relevant to the treatment of upper limb; ? disseminate information relating to assessment and rehabilitation of the upper limb through the Association website, conferences, courses; ? and by appropriate means cooperate with other professional groups whose purposes are compatible with those of the Association including, but not limited to, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP), The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), The British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH), in relation to matters pertaining to the Objects.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,372 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £1,309,036 to £1,293,664. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. The organization relies on membership subscriptions, investment income, and educational events as its principal income sources.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/04/2023 (received 07/07/2024, 157 days after the 01/02/2024 due date); year ending 01/04/2021 (received 30/03/2022, 57 days after the 01/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03191955

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• ALEXANDER, Anne Mary — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
• ROLLS, Catherine — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
• MORAN, Connor Luke — director, appointed 03/11/2025on trustee list
• DARGIE, Susan Janet — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• LALOR, Sophie Elizabeth — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• MILLIGAN, Janey Anne Marie — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• LEATHER, Emma Charlotte — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• ALLEN, Cate — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• COOPER, Laura Jane — director, appointed 21/11/2022on trustee list
• POWELL, Fiona — director, appointed 01/10/2021on trustee list
• PARKINSON, Miriam Ruth — director, appointed 21/12/2019on trustee list
• CORNISH, Linda Jane — director, appointed 21/12/2019on trustee list
• TOPCUOGLU, Leanne Marie — director, appointed 13/10/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Mary Alexander
• Cate Allen
• Catherine Rolls
• Connor Luke Moran
• EMMA CHARLOTTE LEATHER
• Fiona Powell
• Janey Milligan
• Laura Jane Cooper
• Leanne Topcuoglu
• Meryl Elizabeth Glover
• Miriam Parkinson
• Sophie Lalor
• Susan Dargie
• linda cornish

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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