BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CYTOPATHOLOGY (BAC)

Registered charity 276829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL CYTOLOGY, CANSEARCH

The purpose of the society is to promote the clinical discipline of cytopathology through education, research and representation.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND ART OF CLINICAL CYTOPATHOLOGY BY ENCOURAGING HIGHER STANDARDS IN CYTOPATHOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 2. TO ENCOURAGE RESEARCH IN CYTOPATHOLOGY AND RELATED FIELDS AND THE PUBLICATION OF USEFUL RESULTS.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a deficit of £5,331 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £16,056 in the prior year. Total reserves stood at £399,968, with unrestricted funds of £386,635, which the trustees consider to be within their stated reserves policy range. The charity has no employees and relies on trustee reimbursement for expenses.

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 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 06/02/2026, 6 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/04/2024, 62 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 18/03/2022, 46 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Anthony Maddoxchair
• ALLAN WILSON
• Donna Morrison
• Dr Ashish Chandra
• Dr Kay Ellis
• Dr Martina Munonyara
• Helen Burrell
• Karina Evans
• Leonie Wheeldon
• SUSAN MEHEW

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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