BRITISH AND IRISH ASSOCIATION OF ROBOTIC GYNAECOLOGICAL SURGEONS

Registered charity 1180599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BIARGS

Provision of education and training for the advancement of Health or saving of lives.

Objects

A. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BY:I. PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ROBOTIC SURGERY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES;II. PROMOTING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ROBOTIC SURGERY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS FROM IT;III. RECOMMENDING STANDARDS OF TRAINING IN GYNAECOLOGICAL ROBOTIC SURGERY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES;B. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BY:I. FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED WITH THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF GYNAECOLOGICAL ROBOTIC SURGERY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES, PARTICULARLY WITH THE AIM OF ENCOURAGING THE EXCHANGE OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE, SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT AND INVESTIGATION; ANDII. PROMOTING AGREEMENT ON TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £37,243 for the year ended 30 November 2025, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £118,166 to £80,923. The accounts were prepared under the small companies regime and received an independent examination with no matters requiring attention. The trustees confirmed that no accounting records issues or compliance failures were identified during the examination.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 30/11/2023 (received 01/10/2024, 1 day after the 30/09/2024 due date); year ending 30/11/2022 (received 05/02/2024, 128 days after the 30/09/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr NICHOLAS MONTAGUE ELKINGTON MBBS FRCOGchair
• Dr MARIA ANNA ELISABETH NOBBENHUIS
• Dr Michael Colin George Smith FRCOG
• Dr NAHID GUL FRCOG
• Sujata Gupta MBBS MD
• Thomas Edward James Ind · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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