ACTACC

Registered charity 1098009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTA, ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOTHORACIC ANAESTHETISTS (ACTA) · also registered in Scotland as SC039915 (OSCR)

hold regular meetings encourage the presentation of original research encourage national and international links with like-minded groups be active in all matters concerning the training of future cardiothoracic anaesthetists represent the views of cardiothoracic anaesthetists to any other interested parties award educational and research grants

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE FIELDS OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANAESTHESIA AND IN PARTICULAR TO:1. PROMOTE THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF MANAGEMENT AND CARE FOR PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC DISORDERS, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE UNDERGOING CARDIAC, VASCULAR OR THORACIC SURGERY; AND2. FURTHER ALL ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC ANAESTHESIA.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£96k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £28,503 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds stood at £275,662, with unrestricted reserves of £203,937, which the Directors consider acceptable and above their policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (63% of income)

“Income from Meetings 78,833” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £204k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain Unrestricted Funds at a level that equates to approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Alison May Evans
Dr Christopher Walker
Dr Claire Ann Boynton
Dr Guillermo Cristian Martinez Munoz
Dr John Mark Steven
Dr Joseph Edmund Arrowsmith
Dr Seema Agarwal
Professor Aamer Bashir Ahmed
Professor Gudrun Dorothee Kunst

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£125k	£96k
31/12/2023	£156k	£191k
31/12/2022	£78k	£66k
31/12/2021	£101k	£85k
31/12/2020	£28k	£20k

Common questions

Is ACTACC financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £28,503 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total funds stood at £275,662, with unrestricted reserves of £203,937, which the Directors consider acceptable and above their policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	18/06/2021	£6k	DSF - ACTACC Annual Scientific Meeting