FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

Registered charity 1123648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FAMS UK

Main activity is fund raising to finance deserving medical students in Pakistan. The usual main event is the FAMS Annual Dinner.However thorughout the year donations do come in small amounts. Appeal for donations are also made through media

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN PAKISTAN BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE THEIR STUDIES

Area of benefit: PAKISTAN

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £41,203 for the year, with unrestricted cash reserves increasing to £146,920. The trustees report that the charity is in a strong position to continue its activities and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations. No material uncertainties or risks to going concern were disclosed.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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 — FAMS - Financial Assistance for Medical Students (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARSHAD JAVED · trustee of 1 other charity
• DR AAMIR AYUB
• DR Huma Ghauri
• DR Lalarukh Khan
• Dr Bushera Choudry · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Pakistan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTANI PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOUNDATION.

• ASSOCIATION OF PAKISTANI PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FOUNDATION income £747k
• UNITED KINGDOM ASSOCIATION FOR MEDICAL AID TO PAKISTAN income £42k
• THE SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL MEN income £256k
• THE FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS income £1.0m
• ZIA UL UMMAH FOUNDATION income £267k
• MAJLIS KHUDDAMUL AHMADIYYA (UK) income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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