HEALTH CARE SUPPLY ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1170161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HCSA

The HCSA promotes the work of procurement and supply chain staff at all levels in healthcare. The Association provides training events and educational seminars.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) ACROSS THE UK, THROUGH:-1)EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY PERSONNEL AND PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT RELATING TO ITS DUTIES IN SUPPORTING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT NHS STAKEHOLDERS IN DELIVERING THE BEST QUALITY AND MOST COST EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE; AND2)UNDERTAKING OR COMMISSIONING AND PUBLISHING THE BENEFICIAL RESULTS OF RESEARCH OR BEST PRACTICE CASE STUDIES IN RELATED SUBJECTS.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £90,623, resulting from total expenditure of £845,483 against income of £765,867 and an investment loss. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity remains financially strong with unrestricted reserves of £506,835.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 4 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Roscrowchair
• Faye Robinson
• Ian Michael Turner
• Robert George Waddell
• SIMON WALSH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Wesley Hall

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• HUMANE SLAUGHTER ASSOCIATION income £580k
• HEALTHCARE INFECTION SOCIETY income £1.7m
• HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION income £8.4m
• HEALTHCARE PEOPLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION income £896k
• HBDCA income £162k
• REFUAHCARE income £183k

Side by side with its peers

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