FEET FIRST WORLDWIDE

Registered charity 1112464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FEET FIRST

The improvement of orthopaedic and trauma services in hospitals of the developing world; to conduct training and educational initiatives in the field of orthopaedic and trauma surgery in the developing world; and to undertake and facilitate research and audit activity in the field of orthopaedic and trauma surgery in the developing world.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £11,322 at the year end, which is below the charity's stated policy target of approximately £30,000 (one year's expenditure). The charity relies heavily on a single restricted grant from the Kentown Wizard Foundation, which accounted for the majority of its charitable income, while unrestricted donations were significantly lower than the previous year.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Feet First (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/12/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERNADETTE HUYTON
• CLIVE CHENERY
• Daniella Baldwin
• Dr Allan William Monks

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Cambodia · Cameroon · Congo · Ghana · Laos · Malawi · Mozambique · Nepal · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.