THE SHOWERING FUND

Registered charity 200017 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supports research in the Department of Pathology, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK.

Objects

PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL RESEARCH TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY OF THE NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST, BRISTOL.

Area of benefit: BRISTOL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted and endowment reserves of £1,000,135 as of March 2025, derived from an original endowment that has appreciated. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no new grants granted or closed in the period.

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 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
• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Mark Martin Albert GOMPELSchair
• Dr HELENA KEMP
• Dr Mahableshwar Shankar Albur
• Dr Margaret Mary Williams
• Dr Philip David Bright
• Dr Sophie Otton
• Dr Yuening ZHANG
• FRANCIS SHOWERING
• MATTHEW SHOWERING

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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