JAFFNA MEDICAL FACULTY OVERSEAS ALUMNI IN THE UK

Registered charity 1159914 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JMFOA-UK

1.Raising mental & physical health wellbeing and awareness of Sri Lankan in the UK.2.Offering free telephone advisory service on general health to Tamil speaking population in the UK.3.Providing teaching & training for medical professionals, medical students and nurses in Sri Lanka. 4.Developing a Clinical Skills Laboratory and a Resuscitation Programme/ Team in the Northern Sri Lanka.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN SRI LANKA IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING, TRAINING AND EDUCATING HEALTH WORKERS AND STUDENTS OF MEDICINE AND OTHERWISE SUPPORTING HEALTH CARE PROVISION AT JAFFNA HOSPITAL OR OTHER HOSPITALS.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR IN SRI LANKA BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AT JAFFNA HOSPITAL AND JAFFNA UNIVERSITY OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS IN SRI LANKA.

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £140,584 to £174,618 during the year. Total funds rose from £140,584 to £174,617, driven by net receipts of £34,033 against payments of £29,253. No restricted funds were held or transacted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Bhamini Tharmalingam
• Dr Gajendran Sellathurai
• Dr NADARAJAH NAVANEETHAM
• Dr Nissanthan Thanigasalam
• Dr Sarumathy Sritharan

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

Operates in: Sri Lanka · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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