BILD RESTRAINT REDUCTION NETWORK

Registered charity 1187984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our vision is for a society which respects and protects the rights of all people (staff and patients). We want to create a culture of respect for human rights across education, health and social care services so the services are safe, dignified and respect people's autonomy and well-being, and reduce reliance on restrictive practices.

Objects

The Charity's objects are, for the public benefit, to: (a) advance training, education, and research; and (b) promote, protect and improve physical and mental health (including, without limitation, through the reduction of health inequalities and promotion of trauma informed relational working); to benefit people with disabilities (including but not limited to learning disabilities, autism, dementia and mental health difficulties); in particular but without limitation by encouraging the elimination of inappropriate and unnecessary restrictive practices (including restrictive institutional models of care). Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.

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 · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £25,991 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves increasing to £205,442. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing improving financial performance and sufficient deferred income to meet obligations for the coming 12 months.

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.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.1 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bengi Suzan O'Reilly
• David Jonathan Atkinson
• David O'Brien · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Brodie Paterson
• Elizabeth Morrison
• Elly Chapple
• Joy Ann Duxbury

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · 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 BILD ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED TRAINING.

• BILD ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED TRAINING income £789k
• BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED income £5.7m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RIGHTS income £343k
• HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m
• THE BRITISH NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £189k
• BRADFORD DISTRICT CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST income £215k

Side by side with its peers

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