SOCIETY FOR THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE

Registered charity 278414 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The SSHM sponsors conferences, grants bursaries that help students attend conferences, and publishes a journal, a newsletter, and a book series.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF MEDICINE.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £16,266,000, which is significantly higher than the stated policy target of three months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a surplus of £1,621,000 for the year, having generated total income of £6,000,000 against total expenditure of £4,379,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG Plc. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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 LISA SMITHchair
• Dr Beatriz Pichel Perez
• Dr Claire Jones
• Dr Elsa Catherine Richardson
• Dr Fabiola Creed
• Dr Felicity Anne McKee
• Dr Manikarnika Dutta
• Dr Martin Moore
• Dr Neil Pemberton
• Dr RICHARD MCKAY
• Dr ROSEMARY CRESSWELL
• Dr Rebecca Wynter
• Dr Vanessa Heggie
• Dr Yuliya Hilevych

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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