THE WORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (UK)

Registered charity 1166545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WFSA (UK)

The WFSA (UK) unites anaesthesiologists around the world to improve patient care and access to safe anaesthesia. Activities are education & training.

Objects

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS THROUGH ENSURING THEY RECEIVE AND HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE ANAESTHESIA WORLDWIDE BY EDUCATING AND TRAINING ANAESTHESIA PROVIDERS, DISSEMINATING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN ANAESTHESIOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated income of £207,413 against expenditure of £202,686, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Total reserves stood at £18,133, which the Trustees note is low but sufficient to meet their stated policy target of £12,320. The charity relies on volunteer support and ongoing financial backing from its partner organisation, WFSA, to maintain going concern status.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS) — “In partnership with EKFS, we are responding to the anaesthesia and surgical crisis in Africa, through the delivery training in Safer Anaesth…” (source page)
• Global Health Partnerships — “In partnership with GHP, we are adapting our Perioperative Patient Blood Management (PPBM) course for low resource settings. We are also und…” (source page)
• Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Foundation — “WFSA’s mission is uniting and empowering anaesthesiologists around the world to improve patient care. We would like to extend a special than…” (source page)
• Laerdal Foundation — “The Laerdal Foundation Our partnership focuses on the development of our ‘Safer C-Section’ course to be piloted in Tanzania in 2026. This co…” (source page)
• Gradian Health Systems — “Gradian Health Systems is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaes…” (source page)
• Helmier — “With support from Helmier, WFSA early-career anaesthesiologists from Africa can undertake fellowships in India across a variety of subspecia…” (source page)
• Vifor Pharma — “Our collaboration has seen successful pilots of our Perioperative Patient Blood Management (PPBM) course in Colombia and Romania. We have al…” (source page)
• Assist International — “With support from Assist International, we are able to offer two critical care fellowships hosted by Christian Medical College in Vellore, I…” (source page)
• Mercy Ships — “Mercy Ships is an important partner in the delivery of the Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme.” (source page)
• Operation Smile — “Operation Smile is an important partner in the delivery of the Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme. Operation Smile is also su…” (source page)
• SmileTrain — “This partnership has made possible the delivery of SAFE paediatric training, congress scholarships, and fellowships. We have also delivered …” (source page)
• Africa Regional Section (ARS) — “ARS is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA)…” (source page)
• Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) — “APSF is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA…” (source page)
• Asian & Australasian Regional Section (AARS) — “AARS is supporting scholarships for exceptional early career anaesthesiologists to attend the 19th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA…” (source page)
• Association of Anaesthetists (AA) — “We continue to deliver our Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) programme in partnership with AA. The Association is also supporting scho…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Balavenkatasubramanian Jagannathan
• Dr Carolina Haylock Loor
• Dr Clare Joanna Roques
• Dr Emma Lillie
• Dr KATHLEEN FERGUSON

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

Operates in: Colombia · Ethiopia · Ghana · Liberia · Romania · 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 Global Anaesthesia Development Partnerships.

• Global Anaesthesia Development Partnerships income £75k
• SAFE ANAESTHESIA WORLDWIDE income £81k
• OBSTETRICS ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION income £835k
• Kinesiology Association income £59k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF ORTHOPAEDIC ANAESTHETISTS income £64k
• MERSEY SCHOOL OF ANAESTHESIA income £418k

Side by side with its peers

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