STREET DOCTORS LTD

Registered charity 1150925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046981 (OSCR)

StreetDoctors change lives by giving young people the skills and confidence to deliver life saving first aid. Volunteer healthcare students teach high risk young people what to do if someone is bleeding and what to do if someone is unconscious. Teaching increases confidence and self esteem as well as giving young people practical skills to save lives.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECT(S)') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a net deficit of £9,366 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total reserves of £268,398. The trustees report that free reserves of £213,925 are above the agreed policy minimum of £201,295, which is calculated as three months of non-discretionary expenditure plus specific commitments. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 6 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
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08330240 · Financial health read from its filings

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

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• QUINN, Liam — director, appointed 13/11/2025on trustee list
• COURNOYER, Tessa — director, appointed 29/02/2024on trustee list
• HARWOOD, Jane Margaret — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
• CHAHWALA, Vishal Manish — director, appointed 20/11/2023on trustee list
• BERRESFORD, Helen — director, appointed 30/07/2020on trustee list
• SWITHENBANK, Luke Robert, Dr — director, appointed 24/01/2019on trustee list
• ASTON, Catharine Jane — director, appointed 24/07/2018on trustee list
• BELL, David Ferguson — director, appointed 28/03/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% 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: 0.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Jane Aston
• David Ferguson Bell
• Dr Luke Robert Swithenbank
• Helen Berresford
• Jane Margaret Harwood
• Liam Quinn
• Tessa Cournoyer
• Vishal Chahwala

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

Operates in: Anguilla · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STREET TEAMS.

• STREET TEAMS income £233k
• STREET SUPPORT NETWORK LIMITED income £115k
• STREET PASTORS (PORTSMOUTH) income £47k
• THE STREET FOUNDATION income £750k
• CREATE STREETS FOUNDATION income £167k
• STREETSCENE ADDICTION RECOVERY income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

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