INTERNATIONAL SELF-CARE FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1158114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the ISF are the relief of sickness by the promotion, preservation and protection of health based on the context of self-care. ISF?s core strategies are 1. Helping to develop evidence-based self-care concepts, practices and policies and 2. Helping to promote the role of self-care in health.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROMOTION, PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH. THIS WILL BE BASED ON THE CONTEXT OF SELF-CARE, WHICH CAN BE DEFINED AS THE MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY LIFESTYLES AND ENCOMPASSES THE CONCEPTS OF HYGIENE (GENERAL AND PERSONAL), NUTRITION (TYPE AND QUALITY OF FOOD EATEN), LIFESTYLE (SPORTING ACTIVITIES, LEISURE ETC), ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS (LIVING CONDITIONS, SOCIAL HABITS, ETC.) SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS (INCOME LEVEL, CULTURAL BELIEFS, ETC.) AND SELF-MEDICATION.

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 charity reported a net deficit of £16,394 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves decreasing to £103,774 from £120,168 the previous year. The trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate and state there are no funding shortfalls or material commitments of concern for the coming year. However, the accounts note that fundraising remains a challenge and the charity is seeking to secure future funding to expand activities.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Stewart Skinner
• Dr Austen El-Osta

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

Operates in: Akrotiri · Albania · Algeria · Andorra · Angola · Argentina · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Benin · Bolivia

Income and spending

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