UCH LONDON NURSES' CHARITY

Registered charity 1161883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity advances the education of members by providing grants and bursaries to further their nursing education in their areas of practice, as well as providing grants to undertake research.The Charity provides a professional network for members.The Charity also provides grants, items and services for members in need and suffering financial hardship.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS BEING CARED FOR IN HOSPITAL AND IN THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT INCLUDING BY:(I) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND BURSARIES TO ENABLE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO ATTEND TRAINING COURSES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS RELATING TO THEIR AREAS OF PRACTICE;(II) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND BURSARIES TO ENABLE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH;(III) ADVANCING EDUCATION BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE SCHOLARS AT THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE FOUNDATION (RCN: 229229)TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH; AND(IV) PROVIDING A NETWORK TO ASSIST ASSOCIATE MEMBERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN ORDER TO SHARE: BEST PRACTICE; LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN PATIENT CARE; FEEDBACK FROM ATTENDING TRAINING COURSES, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS PAID FOR BY THE CHARITY; AND RESULTS OF RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN.(B)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO THOSE IN NEED.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has total unrestricted reserves of £240,696 and is preparing for a phased closure expected to be completed by the end of 2027. The trustees consider the funds sufficient to meet expected needs for the next twelve months and to ensure sustainability for the next fifteen years. The charity's gross income exceeded £250,000, triggering an independent examination rather than an audit.

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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09548951

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.

• LAVERS, Siân Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/12/2025on trustee list
• KNOWLES, Lesley Anne — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
• DOYLE BLUNDEN, Janet Helen — director, appointed 15/03/2023not on trustee list
• ARBER, Anne, Dr — director, appointed 31/07/2022on trustee list
• WILLIAMS, Janet — director, appointed 31/10/2020not on trustee list
• EDMUND, Patricia Anne — director, appointed 20/12/2019on trustee list
• KNIBB, Wendy Jane, Dr — director, appointed 24/04/2019on trustee list
• ALLAN, Helen Therese, Prof — director, appointed 01/01/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Helen Therese Allanchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Claire Finch
• Dr Anne Arber
• Dr Wendy Knibb
• Jan Williams
• Janet Helen Doyle Blunden
• Lesley Anne Knowles
• Patricia Edmund
• Sian Elizabeth Lavers

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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