THE SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL MEN

Registered charity 207473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIETY FOR ASSISTANCE OF MEDICAL FAMILIES, THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL MEN, THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS

Provides financial assistance to necessitous doctors and their families.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. IF, AND IN SO FAR AS THE SAID INCOME IN ANY YEAR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION AS AFORESAID THE SOCIETY MAY, SUBJECT TO OBSERVING THE SAME CONDITION IN RELATION TO EACH CLASS SUCCESSIVELY ENUMERATED BELOW, APPLY THE SAID INCOME FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:- (A) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (B) NECESSITOUS MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (C) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (D) NECESSITOUS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS NOT BEING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND THE NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PRACTITIONERS WHETHER DECEASED OR NOT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,558,096, which are entirely unrestricted and held mainly in investments. The trustees' report confirms that investment income is the main source of income and is more than sufficient to meet present demands, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Begbies Chartered Accountants. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Bucklechair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Col Duncan Parkhouse
• DR ROHIT MALLIWAL
• Dr Christine Tomkins
• Dr Ffion Davies
• Dr Naomi Jiagbogu
• Dr ROY NEWBERRY PALMER · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Robert Lyn Michael Griffiths
• Dr STEWART MATHESON KILPATRICK
• Dr Shriti Pattani
• LYDIA ACQUAH

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT FUND.

• ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT FUND income £1.8m
• SINDH DOCTORS ASSOCIATION (UK) income £206k
• SINCERE SUPPORT income £122k
• THE WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND DEPENDANTS SOCIETY OF THE CHURCH IN WALES income £143k
• VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST income £759k
• THE ROYAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF EPSOM COLLEGE income £41.3m

Side by side with its peers

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