NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH

Registered charity 1157217 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NCOR

The National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) was established in 2003 to provide leadership and unity in osteopathic research development. NCOR aims to improve the osteopathic evidence base by fostering research, increasing research capacity and capability within the osteopathic profession, and raising the profile of osteopathic and osteopathic relevant research findings.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(1) LEADING AND FACILITATING OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT IN THE UK, INCLUDING DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE AND COHESIVE RESEARCH STRATEGY PROVIDING BOTH DIRECTION AND COORDINATION OF OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH.(2) REPRESENTING THE OSTEOPATHIC PROFESSION ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE OSTEOPATHIC EVIDENCE BASE AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT. ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE PROFESSION, IN A RESEARCH CONTEXT, TO THE MEDIA, THE PUBLIC AND PATIENTS, POLICY-MAKERS, THE INTER-PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY, OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND HEALTHCARE REGULATORS.(3) PROVIDING A FORUM FOR OSTEOPATHIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (OEIS) THROUGH WHICH TO FORGE CONSISTENT STANDARDS IN RESEARCH GOVERNANCE, TO SHARE EXPERTISE, ACHIEVE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, AND FOSTER UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH COLLABORATION. TO PROMOTE RESEARCH CAPACITY AND SCHOLARSHIP.(4) PROVIDING OSTEOPATHS, THE PUBLIC AND PATIENTS, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, AND THE RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC COMMUNITY WITH A RECOGNISED, HIGH QUALITY AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCE OF RESEARCH-RELATED INFORMATION CONCERNING THE DISTINCTIVE BODY OF KNOWLEDGE WITHIN OSTEOPATHIC PRACTICE.(5) IMPROVING AWARENESS OF OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AMONGST OSTEOPATHS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY. TO ESTABLISH LINKS AND BUILD NETWORKS WITHIN THE RESEARCH FRATERNITY, NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION. TO FORMULATE AND FOSTER STRATEGIES FOR ATTRACTING FUNDING FOR OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT.(6) PROVIDING SYSTEMS RELEVANT FOR GRANTS GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH GOVERNANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS. (7) FOSTERING AND DISSEMINATING OUTPUTS FROM OSTEOPATHIC AUDIT, EVALUATION, AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.

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 unrestricted funds decreased from £133,510 to £118,963 due to a net expenditure of £14,547 against income of £123,706. The charity holds no debtors and has cash reserves of £200,574, resulting in net assets of £118,963 after accounting for creditors of £81,611. The trustees confirm compliance with statutory requirements and the applicable SORP.

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 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Alison Robinson Canham · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Joanne Zamani
• Dr Philip Bright
• Francesca Wiggins
• Glynis Fox
• MATTHEW WILLIAM REDFORD
• Martin Pendry

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL.

• GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL income £3.2m
• CENTRE FOR OSTEOPATHIC RESEARCH AND EXCELLENCE income £325k
• BCNO LIMITED income £3.7m
• AOUK & I income £278k
• ORTHOGERIATRIC RESEARCH FUND income £394k
• NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE TRUST income £151k

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