BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE

Registered charity 1188273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASICS

The British Association for Immediate Care is a charitable company limited by guarantee that serves as a membership association for individuals and for affiliated immediate care schemes to promote pre-hospital immediate care. It provides education and resources to further pre-hospital immediate care through courses, conferences, and the provision of grants and bursaries.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a modest surplus of £16,109 on a turnover of £588,176. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £225,584, which the Trustees consider sufficient to maintain the organisation as a going concern despite the purchase of a new office.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £140k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Register events

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Andrew James Pountneychair
• Adam Waller
• Ben Brown
• Clare Fitchett
• Dr RICHARD STEPHEN STEYN
• Dr Rowland Lovat Cottingham
• Dr Suzannah Hoult
• Kimberly Louise Turner
• Matt Ward
• PAUL JOHN GATES · trustee of 1 other charity

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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