ALOPECIA UK

Registered charity 1111304 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC044702 (OSCR)

Alopecia UK provides impartial information, advice & support to those affected by alopecia. We raise awareness to the general public and healthcare professionals about alopecia and its psychological impact. We support medical and psychological researchers who aim to find effective treatments. We aim to create a sustainable funding stream to enable continued growth of Alopecia UK

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE WITH ALOPECIA AREATA, ALOPECIA TOTALIS AND ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS BY THE PROVISIONS OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO ALOPECIA AREATA, ALOPECIA TOTALIS AND ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS.3. CONDUCTING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH INTO ALOPECIA AREATA, ALOPECIA TOTALIS AND ALOPECIA UNIVERSALIS AND RELATED CONDITIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS.

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £131,167 for the year, reducing its total reserves from £691,097 to £559,930. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds of £234,632 remain, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet ongoing obligations, although they note that reserves are expected to fall below their 12-month policy target over the next 18 months due to planned spending.

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 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
• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Alopecia UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) — “We want to thank the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) for supporting us in 2020 with a grant to develop our Schools’ Pack” (source page)
• VTCTF — “the VTCTF for supporting us in 2020 with improving and expanding our support provision and our project to engage with men with alopecia” (source page)
• Pfizer — “Pfizer for providing funding in 2022 to allow us to explore the socioeconomic burden of alopecia areata” (source page)
• National Lottery Community Fund — “the National Lottery Community Fund for their grant in 2022 to reinvigorate face-to-face support for children and teens” (source page)
• Avast — “and Avast for their grants to support our Alton Towers and Kingswood Residential events” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catriona Kelly
• Henry Moore
• Ian Barney
• Kimberly Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lynn Wilks
• Manisha Chana
• Matthew David Warder
• Steve Lindsey
• Victoria Coombes

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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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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