THE CAMERON FUND

Registered charity 261993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE CAMERON FUND LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC047645 (OSCR)

The relief of poverty hardship and distress among current and former general practitioners and their dependants.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£430k

Latest spending

£478k

Registered

1971

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £451,272 for the year, drawing down from its reserves to cover the deficit. The Trustees' report notes that cash reserves stood below the stated policy threshold at 3.7 months' expenditure, although total funds including investments remained substantial at £7,698,252.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £142k; policy: six months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)

“At the end of the year, cash reserves stood below this threshold at 3.7 months’ expenditure.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: BMA Giving

“The Cameron Fund received an award from BMA Giving of £8,000 to provide financial support to working age GP’s” — page 27

“Dr McDowell is a director and Secretary of the Northern Ireland General Practitioners Defence Fund Limited. During the 2025 year NI GPDF donated £6,500 to the Cameron Fund without restriction” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Northern Ireland General Practitioners Defence Fund Limited

“The Cameron Fund received an award from BMA Giving of £8,000 to provide financial support to working age GP’s” — page 27

“Dr McDowell is a director and Secretary of the Northern Ireland General Practitioners Defence Fund Limited. During the 2025 year NI GPDF donated £6,500 to the Cameron Fund without restriction” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Begbies. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cameron Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/12/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Brian McGregor
Dr Caroline Rickard
Dr Eimear Mary Byrne
Dr Girish Chawla
Dr Lesli Sharon Davies Singh
Dr Maude Donkers
Dr Michal Grenville
Dr PETER JOHN PASHLEY HOLDEN · trustee of 3 other charities
Dr Richard Mark Vautrey · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Robert Luigi Morley
Dr Robert Nigel Barnett
Dr SARAH FRANCES RANN
Dr Sangeetha Helen Sornalingam
Dr Sean Phelan
Dr Simon Parkinson
Dr Susanne Ruth Caesar
Dr Terry John
Dr Vernon Harold Needham
Dr William Arnold McDowell
Dr William McAlpine

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£430k	£478k
31/12/2024	£435k	£443k
31/12/2023	£424k	£567k
31/12/2022	£454k	£442k
31/12/2021	£434k	£343k

Common questions

Is THE CAMERON FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £451,272 for the year, drawing down from its reserves to cover the deficit. The Trustees' report notes that cash reserves stood below the stated policy threshold at 3.7 months' expenditure, although total funds including investments remained substantial at £7,698,252. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Begbies.

Who funds THE CAMERON FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CAMERON FUND as a grant recipient include BMA CHARITIES TRUST FUND.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Dr PETER JOHN PASHLEY HOLDEN — trustee here and at BMA CHARITIES TRUST FUND

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BMA CHARITIES TRUST FUND	FY2022	£8k	Grants to medical charities

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£1.8m
DELAPAGE LIMITED	1	£100k
UNITED CHARITIES OF CAMBRIDGE	1	£88k
CHALFORDS LIMITED	1	£63k
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£33k
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£14k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CAMERON CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE CAMERON CHARITABLE TRUST income £989k
CAMBRIDGE AID income £135k
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT income £1.9m
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON income £934
ROYAL GLAMORGAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £114k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CAMERON FUND	£430k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE CAMERON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£989k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CAMBRIDGE AID FY2025	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF CREDIT MANAGEMENT FY2024	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY CONCERN LONDON FY2024	£934	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL GLAMORGAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.