DOCTORS IN DISTRESS

Registered charity 1184953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC049715 (OSCR)

To promote the value of positive mental health for doctors and all those in the medical profession

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE WORKING IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES, PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY:A) PROVIDING INFORMATION TO DOCTORS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ORGANISATIONAL LEADERS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ENCOURAGE MEASURES THAT MIGHT PREVENT WORK PLACE STRESS, BURNOUT AND SUICIDE.B) PROVIDING INFORMATION ON AVAILABLE SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE AFFECT BY WORK PLACE STRESS, BURNOUT AND SUICIDE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £27,820.82 for the year ended 30th June 2026, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £3,369.29. The trustees note that this unrestricted balance remains below their stated policy target of three months' running costs, although they are comfortable that ongoing programme delivery ensures costs are appropriately covered. To address financial sustainability, the charity has undertaken a redundancy program and cost-cutting exercise while seeking new multi-year funding streams.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Doctors in Distress (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Amandip Sidhu
• Dr Ananta Dave · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Chaand Nagpaul
• Dr Jonathan Osborn
• Leon Ronald Atkins
• PROFESSOR SUBODH DAVE · 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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Side by side with its peers

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