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Registered charity 1193688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants to any member of The Royal College of Podiatry as defined in the College's Articles, or to the spouse, children, dependants or widow/er of any member or deceased member, who in the opinion of the Trustees, may be in need of assistance.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE:3.1.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE OF NECESSITOUS MEMBERS, FELLOWS OR ASSOCIATES OR FORMER OR DECEASED FELLOWS, MEMBERS OR ASSOCIATES OF THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY THEIR WIVES, PARTNERS, HUSBANDS, CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDENTS INCLUDING THE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS (THE “BENEFICIARIES”) WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES MAY BE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE; AND3.1.2 THE PAYMENT BY WAY OF GRANT OR OTHERWISE TO ANY CHARITY OR CHARITIES ASSISTING IN THE AFORESAID OBJECTS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFITS OF SUCH CHARITY OR CHARITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY OF THE BENEFICIARIES.THE BELOW DEFINITIONS USED WITHIN THE OBJECTS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:FELLOW: MEANS A PERSON ADMITTED AS A FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY’S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND BY-LAWS.MEMBER: MEANS A PERSON ADMITTED AS A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY’S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND BY-LAWS.ASSOCIATE: MEANS A PERSON ADMITTED AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLLEGE OF PODIATRY’S ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND BY-LAWS.CHILDREN: REFERENCE TO CHILDREN SHALL INCLUDE STEP CHILDREN AND ADOPTED CHILDREN OF A FELLOW, MEMBER OR ASSOCIATE AND SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL UP TO THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN UNLESS THEY ARE IN FURTHER EDUCATION WHEN THE MAXIMUM AGE SHALL BE TWENTY-FIVE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,725,074, which the Trustees consider adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. The charity has no employees and relies on investment income to fund grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Claire Kilmartin
• Emma Supple
• George Dunn
• Richard Leigh
• Usamah Khalid

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

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

Income and spending

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