ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC HEALTH (UK)

Registered charity 1164513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE ADPH seeks to improve and protect the health of the population through collating and presenting the views of Directors of Public Health (DsPH); advising on public health policy and legislation at a local, regional, national and international level; facilitating a support network for DsPH; and providing opportunities for DsPH to develop professional practice.

Objects

TO PROTECT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ALL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING;A. FACILITATING A SUPPORT NETWORK FOR DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO SHARE IDEAS AND GOOD PRACTICE AND SUPPORT PROBLEM-SOLVING;B. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO DEVELOP PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.C. COLLATING AND PRESENTING THE VIEWS OF DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY TO STAKEHOLDERS;D. ADVISING ON PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY AND LEGISLATION AT A LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £36,773 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total fund balances of £620,586. The trustees note that while the charity holds £300,000 in reserves, there is a recognized need to increase these reserves given the year-on-year turnover increase and potential future liabilities. The auditor 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 Begbies. 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Health Foundation — “The Health Foundation's grant funds our projects on the Commercial Determinants of Health, Healthy Places, and Infants, Children and Young P…” (source page)
• UK Research and Innovation — “The UKRI's grant funds a knowledge exchange post at ADPH, part of a major new UK-wide project on the commercial determinants of health.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alice Wiseman
• Ansaf Azhar
• DOROTHY JANET RUTH TENNANT
• GREG FELL
• Lucy Elizabeth Hubber
• MATTHEW ASHTON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES.

• THE ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES income £3.3m
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH income £3.0m
• FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £2.5m
• SCHOOL AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES ASSOCIATION income £152k
• ADHD UK income £176k
• PUBLIC HEALTH COLLABORATION income £354k

Side by side with its peers

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