BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SURGERY OF THE KNEE

Registered charity 1199928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting high quality care of patients requiring knee surgery in the UK through promoting best practice. Promoting scientific research relating to knee surgery and allied fields by providing a platform for presentation and dissemination of such research and by the provision of grants for such research. Advancing education and training in the field of knee surgery and allied fields.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A: PROMOTING HIGH QUALITY CARE OF PATIENTS WITH KNEE PROBLEMS OR REQUIRING KNEE SURGERY IN THE UK THROUGH PROMOTING BEST PRACTICE;B: PROMOTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH RELATING TO KNEE PATHOLOGY, SURGERY AND ALLIED FIELDS BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR PRESENTATION AND DISSEMINATION OF SUCH RESEARCH AND BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR SUCH RESEARCH;C: ADVANCING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD OF KNEE PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY AND ALLIED FIELDS;D: ACTING AS A FORUM FOR DISSEMINATION OF ADVICE FOR OTHER RELATED BODIES WITH REGARD TO THE PRACTICE OF KNEE SURGERY.

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 incurred a net expenditure of £29,361 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £568,464 to £539,103. Despite this deficit, the trustees report that the charity holds sufficient cash reserves and has no requirement for external funding to continue operations. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's financial viability.

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.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abtin Alvand · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alasdair Santini
• JAMES MURRAY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jaison Patel
• Mike McNicholas
• Nicholas Kalson
• Oday Al-dadah
• Professor Chinmay Gupte
• Professor Leela Biant · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rahul Bhattacharyya
• Rahul Patel
• Stephen McDonnell

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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