DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD

Registered charity 1122671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOCTORS WORLDWIDE, DWW

To provide direct medical aid through the provision of primary health care services to the needy, including maternal and child services. Provision of volunteer medical personnel for the purpose of medical training. To help in the capacity building of medical projects run by local NGOs. To undertake health and general charitable activities in areas of need.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£867k
Latest spending
£746k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements were signed off by an independent examiner rather than an independent auditor. The trustees report confirms that systems of internal controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against material misstatement or loss, with no specific financial health risks or uncertainties explicitly disclosed in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear
“An element in the management of financial risk is the setting of a reserves policy and its regular review by the Board of Trustees.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Doctors Worldwide (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£867k
Total spending
£746k
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reserves (reported)
£500k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~8.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Malawi · Pakistan · Rwanda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£867k£746k
31/01/2024£549k£575k
31/01/2023£390k£461k
31/01/2022£523k£466k
31/01/2021£564k£396k

Common questions

Is DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements were signed off by an independent examiner rather than an independent auditor. The trustees report confirms that systems of internal controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against material misstatement or loss, with no specific financial health risks or uncertainties explicitly disclosed in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES1£5k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUNGAY MEDICAL CENTRE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOCTORS WORLDWIDE LTD£867k—0unclear—no doubt
BUNGAY MEDICAL CENTRE CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION (CIO) FY2025£241k—0unclear—no doubt
KCWA TRUST LTD FY2025£217k—0above—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS FY2024£3.6m—0unclear—no doubt
HIMAT TANNA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£937k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.