HELP 4 FORGOTTEN ALLIES

Registered charity 1139273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HELP 4 FORGOTTEN ALLIES IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS AND IS MENTIONED IN THE TRUST DOCUMENT, PROJECTS TO SUPPORT REFUGEES FROM BURMA

The object of the charity is to help relieve the suffering of people, including refugees from Burma/Myanmar, who have fled hardship and human rights abuses. These activities specifically include aid for needy veterans (and their widows/ dependants) who served in the armed forces raised in Burma during the Second World War.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST REFUGEES FROM BURMA, BY THE PROVISION OF SUCH FACILITIES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trustees believe maintaining free reserves and reviewing controls will provide sufficient resources in adverse conditions. The document does not provide specific figures for unrestricted reserves or total income, so a precise financial health assessment cannot be derived from the text provided.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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
• 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 — Help 4 Forgotten Allies (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alex Bescoby
• Andrew Curtis
• Andrew Philip Page
• Bertram Digby Alexander Lawson
• Fiona Matthews
• Geoffrey Johnston Holt · trustee of 4 other charities
• Judge John Philip Trevelyan Head
• PETER CHARLES CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL
• SARAH KATHERINE MCLEAN MBE
• Timothy Peter Sinnett Davies
• Van Cung Lian

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

Operates in: Burma · Thailand · Throughout England And Wales

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