AORTIC DISSECTION AWARENESS UK & IRELAND

Registered charity 1198617 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AORTIC DISSECTION AWARENESS UK & I

We are the voice of Aortic Dissection patients in the UK & Ireland. Our work involves raising awareness of Aortic Dissection; providing vital information and support for patients and families affected by the condition; working with healthcare providers to improve diagnosis & treatment and reduce healthcare inequalities; and partnering with researchers to bring forward new insights that improve fut

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM, OR ARE AT RISK OF SUFFERING FROM AORTIC DISSECTION OR ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS BY:A. PROVIDING THE VOICE FOR PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, THEIR FAMILIES (INCLUDING BEREAVED FAMILIES) AND THOSE AT RISK OF AORTIC DISSECTION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND.B. CAMPAIGNING AND RAISING AWARENESS OF AORTIC DISSECTION, ITS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT AND WORK WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOMES.C. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PATIENTS, SURVIVORS, THEIR FAMILIES (INCLUDING BEREAVED FAMILIES) AND THOSE AT RISK OF AORTIC DISSECTION.D. ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO AORTIC DISSECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CAUSES, TREATMENT, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS.E. PROVIDING PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO AND COLLABORATE WITH CHARITABLE AND NON-CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS SUPPORTING PATIENTS, THEIR FAMILIES (INCLUDING BEREAVED FAMILIES) AND THOSE AT RISK OF AORTIC DISSECTION, AND THE MEDICAL AND RESEARCH PROFESSIONS, PERTAINING TO THE OBJECTS LISTED ABOVE, IN OTHER COUNTRIES.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, AORTIC DISSECTION AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS ARE PRIMARILY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE SET OUT IN SECTIONS BD50, BD51 AND LD28 OF THE INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS, ICD-11 FOR MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY STATISTICS (ICD-11 MMS), VERSION 05/2021, WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION.

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 accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £64,439 at the end of the period, with no designated reserves policy target explicitly stated for general operations. The trustees report that income has continued an upward trend and expenditure increased by 68% compared to the prior year, with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• NIHR — “DECIDE-TAD is our NIHR-funded strategic research partnership with the University of Leicester” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Elizabeth Cotton BAHonsPGCE
• Anthony Joseph Webb BVSc DVR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Clare Payne
• Haleema Saadia
• Peter Hill
• Prof John Robert Sneyd
• Simon Howard Jones
• Victoria Jane Bostock Campbell

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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