ASSOCIATION FOR RESPIRATORY TECHNOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Registered charity 1117470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association provides training in respiratory physiology for respiratory physiologists and associated professions. Courses are provided at a reduced cost for members of the Association. We also represent our members at national level at organisations such as the Department of Health, British Thoracic Society. Important information is disseminated to members via mailshot and email forum.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE SERVICE AND PRACTICE OF RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SUBJECTS BY:(A) DELIVERING AND PROMOTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE COMPETENCE TO PRACTICE; (B) ESTABLISHING RELEVANT STANDARDS OF PRACTICE; (C) PROMOTING AUDIT AND RESEARCH; AND (D) PROMOTING ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSTIC, TREATMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £4,509 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £546,970. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £420,832 exceed the required minimum level, providing sufficient headroom to meet obligations for the foreseeable future. While noting early signs of contraction in some income streams, the trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Zoe Day · trustee of 1 other charity
• Byron Batten
• David Gregory Johnston-Keay
• Dr Helen Marie Ward · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr KARL SYLVESTER
• Joanna Shakespeare
• MARK HUBBOCKS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Aidan Rutter
• Richard James Glover
• SANDRA DAVIES

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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