COUNCIL OF DEANS OF HEALTH

Registered charity 1186780 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CODH · also registered in Scotland as SC049982 (OSCR)

The Council of Deans of Health represents the UK's university faculties engaged in education and research for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £1,289k with total expenditure of £1,231k, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £934k, which exceeds its stated policy target of four to six months of unrestricted expenditure (£410k–£615k). The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gibson Whitter. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12341200

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CHANEY, David Patrick, Dr — director, appointed 01/08/2026on trustee list
• COUSENS, David Andrzej Kenneth, Dr — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• BROWN, Michael John, Professor — director, appointed 10/10/2025on trustee list
• TIZZARD, Helen Juliet Morwenna — director, appointed 15/09/2025on trustee list
• ARMSTRONG, Samuel Adam — director, appointed 01/08/2024not on trustee list
• JAKHARA, Mohammed Husein, Dr — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• SANGHERA, Satbinder — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• SHIMADA, Angela Lesley — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• WATERSON, Robert Stewart — director, appointed 01/08/2024on trustee list
• GRIFFITHS, Thomas Marc — director, appointed 01/08/2020on trustee list
• BARRY, Norma — director, appointed 01/08/2020on trustee list
• HOLT, Paula Jane, Dr — director, appointed 29/11/2019on trustee list
• MACHIN, Alison Isabel, Professor — director, appointed 29/11/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Isabel Machin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Angela Shimada · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr David Andrzej Kenneth Cousens
• Dr David Patrick Chaney
• Helen Juliet Morwenna Tizzard
• Mohammed Jakhara
• Norma Barry
• Paula Jane Holt
• Professor Michael John Brown
• Robert Waterson
• Sam Armstrong
• Satbinder Sanghera
• Thomas Marc Griffiths

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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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MEDICAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL.

• MEDICAL SCHOOLS COUNCIL income £2.7m
• College of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare income £3.0m
• ROYAL DEVON UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY income £1.9m
• UK HEALTH ALLIANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE income £132k
• NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL income £108.7m
• GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL income £171.5m

Side by side with its peers

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