SAFE ANAESTHESIA WORLDWIDE

Registered charity 1148254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAWW

The charity works to improve the delivery of anaesthesia in poor countries. To achieve this the charity: Supplies anaesthetic equipment that is suitable for use in developing world hospitals. Trains medical and technical staff in poor countries to safely deliver anaesthesia and keep anaesthetic equipment in working order. Supports research to improve delivery of anaesthesia in poor countries.

Objects

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY ARE: TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY:THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE ANAESTHETIC EQUIPMENT TO DEPRIVED AREAS OF THE WORLD; ANDTO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND EDUCATION TO ENSURE ITS EFFECTIVE USE, CARE AND MAINTENANCE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Maidstone, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £80,978 and total expenditure was £74,152, resulting in a surplus. The charity employs no paid staff and relies on volunteers, with day-to-day administration carried out by Trustees and volunteers.

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 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Charles Coxchair
• Anne Caroline Cox
• Bridget Jane Harvey
• Dr JULIE ELIZABETH MORGAN
• Dr Joanna Frances Thirsk
• GEOFFREY ROBERT BURR
• ROGER JAMES ELTRINGHAM

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ghana · Kent · Mongolia · Nepal · Somalia · Sudan · Tanzania · The Gambia · Uganda · Ukraine · Zambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (UK).

• THE WORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (UK) income £207k
• Global Anaesthesia Development Partnerships income £75k
• MERSEY SCHOOL OF ANAESTHESIA income £418k
• THE NEUROANAESTHESIA & CRITICAL CARE SOCIETY income £121k
• ECHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES LIMITED income £34k
• OBSTETRICS ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION income £835k

Side by side with its peers

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