UK-MED
Registered charity 1166956 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
UK-Med provides emergency medical care in the aftermath of large and sudden-onset disasters. UK-Med also works with colleagues in disaster-prone countries to increase their medical and surgical skills and knowledge, developing capacity to respond to disasters in their own country and region.
Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income more than doubled to £23.06m, driven largely by restricted grants, resulting in an operating surplus of £0.12m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves increased to £2.26m, and the trustees consider this amount appropriate to support the current level of business, with a target to grow these reserves to £6m by the end of 2027.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: grow these reserves to £6m by the end of 2027 (held: £2.3m)
“we aim to grow these reserves to £6m by the end of 2027.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received remuneration of £5,500 for conducting a real time review.
“One trustee received remuneration of £5,500 for conducting a real time review of our activities and learnings from Gaza during the year ending 31 March 2025” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Professor Larissa Fast is Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), the University of Manchester. UK-Med has access to an office in the HCRI.
“Professor Larissa Fast is Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), the University of Manchester. UK-Med has access to an office in the HCRI.” — page 38
“One trustee received remuneration of £5,500 for conducting a real time review of our activities and learnings from Gaza during the year ending 31 March 2025” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: One trustee received remuneration of £5,500 for conducting a real time review.
“Professor Larissa Fast is Director of the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), the University of Manchester. UK-Med has access to an office in the HCRI.” — page 38
“One trustee received remuneration of £5,500 for conducting a real time review of our activities and learnings from Gaza during the year ending 31 March 2025” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Champion Accountants LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UK-Med (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- David Wightwick CMG — CEO (source)
- David Whitney — Chair (source)
- Duncan Mann — Director of People (source)
- Michelle Hanegård — Director of Learning and Capacity Building (source)
- Ram Vadi — Health Director (source)
- Sonia Zambakides — Director of International Operations (source)
- Holly Smith — Director of Fundraising (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) — “FCDO provides the funding for the Emergency Deployment Team , which encompasses the UK Emergency Medical Team programme, on behalf of His Ma…” (source page)
- Department of Health and Social Care — “The UK-PHRST, funded by UK aid from the Department of Health and Social Care, supports low- and middle-income countries in investigating and…” (source page)
- UK Aid — “The UK Emergency Medical Team (UK EMT) provides high quality emergency health care solutions in a range of humanitarian contexts on behalf o…” (source page)
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Advertised salaries (public job ads)
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£156k
Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/02/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- DAVID WHITNEYchair
- Cathryn Nerys Rhiannon Turton
- Dr Claudia Truppa
- Dr Om Prakash Purohit
- Flora Elizabeth McCabe
- Laura Jane Blakey
- Marian Mathias · trustee of 1 other charity
- Paul Richard Taylor
- Paula Kathleen Sansom
- Professor Larissa Fast
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Armenia · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey · Ukraine · Zambia
Income and spending
Common questions
Is UK-MED financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income more than doubled to £23.06m, driven largely by restricted grants, resulting in an operating surplus of £0.12m. Per the trustees' report, free reserves increased to £2.26m, and the trustees consider this amount appropriate to support the current level of business, with a target to grow these reserves to £6m by the end of 2027. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Champion Accountants LLP.
Who funds UK-MED?
Funders whose own accounts filings name UK-MED as a grant recipient include THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES, MRS WATERHOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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