THE DELLA FISH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1204680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE APPLICATION OF WORTHWHILE EDUCATION, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, SO AS TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING SERVICE AND OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS, SERVICE USERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's income was derived from donations and investment income, with expenditure focused on grants and governance costs. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and appropriate for current activities. A donation is anticipated in 2026 to facilitate future grant allocations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Professor Linda de Cossart CBE FRCSchair
• Jane Tomkinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• LYNNE THOROGOOD
• Professor Sabena Yasmin Jameel-Choudhury
• Rev MICHAEL JOHN DEREK IRVING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Mark Anstee

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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