THE ALTRO FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1181619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is to improve the quality of life for the more vulnerable communities around the world with innovative spaces that improve their experience of healthcare.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1 TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES, INCLUDING THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING, AS WELL AS THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC MEDICAL FACILITIES WITHIN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;2 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, ITEMS, FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICES NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES OR ANCILLARY TO THOSE PROVIDED BY DOCTORS;3 TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND EASE THE SUFFERING OR ASSIST THE RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED OR INFIRM, BY IMPROVING AND REFURBISHING MEDICAL FACILITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;4 TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR WORK AND RECREATION;5 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF VARIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE; AND6 TO SUPPORT OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, DONATIONS, GOODS AND SERVICES.

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

Registered contact address: North Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £84,744, which is above the trustees' agreed target of £20,000. The charity reported a net income of £49,582 for the year, funded entirely by donations of £107,029. The trustees confirm that the Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD KAHNchair
• ANNA SORREL KYDD
• Dr GEORDAN SHANNON
• SARAH DE LOS RIOS

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

Operates in: Greece · Peru · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OTHERS FIRST FOUNDATION.

• OTHERS FIRST FOUNDATION income £134k
• ALTOR FOUNDATION income £256k
• THE ANDOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £72k
• THE ATRATO FOUNDATION income £330k
• THE ALDAMA FOUNDATION income £625k
• THE ALETO FOUNDATION LIMITED income £208k

Side by side with its peers

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