BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION

Registered charity 1186719 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of sickness in those who have become or likely to become malnourished & who are unable to consume or absorb food in sufficient quantities to effect recovery. Advancement of education of health workers, patients, policy makers & general public in the importance of & methods for prevention & treatment of malnutrition in illness. Promotion of research into all aspects of clinical nutrition

Objects

1.1 THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS ADVANCING CLINICAL NUTRITION, WHICH ENCOMPASSES:-1.2 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME OR ARE LIKELY TO BECOME, MALNOURISHED, AND WHO ARE UNABLE TO CONSUME OR ABSORB FOOD IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO EFFECT RECOVERY;1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF HEALTH WORKERS OF ALL KINDS, PATIENTS, POLICY MAKERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, IN THE IMPORTANCE OF AND THE METHODS FOR, THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF MALNUTRITION DURING ILLNESS;1.4 THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF CLINICAL NUTRITION AND HUMAN METABOLISM ON CONDITION THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £149,633, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £1,058,282, which is above the stated reserves policy target of £440,000. The charity operates debt-free with no employees, relying on contractors, and holds £1.05m in cash against £215k in creditors. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (18/08/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Brown
• Dr Alastair McKinlay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Charlotte Rutter
• Dr Nick Thompson
• Dr Roger David John Phillips
• Philip Arthur Lyons MBE
• Sarah Louise Zeraschi
• Sarah McIntyre · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION.

• THE BRITISH NUTRITION FOUNDATION income £954k
• ASSOCIATION FOR NUTRITION income £653k
• FEEDING FAMILIES income £913k
• Action Against Hunger UK income £25.9m
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION income £287k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND ABDOMINAL RADIOLOGY income £201k

Side by side with its peers

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