THE ASSOCIATION OF CHAPLAINCY IN GENERAL PRACTICE

Registered charity 1206229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACGP

The Association of Chaplaincy in General Practice (ACGP) exists to define and raise awareness of best practice in Primary Care Chaplaincy; enable the development of Chaplaincy in General Practice for the wellbeing of the public through providing advice, training, resources and research; and to support those involved with GP Chaplaincy

Objects

1. TO IMPROVE THE MENTAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE ILL HEALTH, BY PROVIDING TO THEM, THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, A CHAPLAINCY SERVICE WITHIN A PRIMARY HEALTHCARE OR COMMUNITY SETTING.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY PROVIDING TRAINING AND OFFERING SUPERVISION AND ANNUAL ACCREDITATION OF CHAPLAINCY PRACTITIONERS IN A PRIMARY HEALTHCARE OR COMMUNITY SETTING.

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 · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £12,014 for the period, with total income of £49,308 and expenditure of £37,294. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities on a going concern basis. Unrestricted cash assets held at the bank totalled £12,014, which exceeds the stated reserves policy target of not less than £1,500.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Helen Watts B.Philchair
• Dr Anne Susan Houghton · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr PATRICK HAROLD ROSS BRYSON · trustee of 3 other charities
• ELIZABETH RACHEL BRYSON
• Sarah Giffen M.A.

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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