British Holistic Healthcare Association

Registered charity 289459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BHMA, BRITISH HOLISTIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION TRUST, British Association for Holistic Medicine & Health Care

Three issues of the Journal of Holistic Healthcare were published from 1st July, 2018 to 30th June, 2019Vol 15 Issue 2 Summer 2018 Healing JourneysVol 15 Issue 3 Autumn 2018 Social PrescribingVol 16 Issue 1 Spring 2019 Nature ConnectionsThe BHMA website has been developed and is a resource for members and the general public.

Objects

{The Association is established} to explore, educate and inform doctors, medical students, other healthcare professions and members of the general public in the principles and practice of compassionate holistic medicine and health care.

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

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

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£53k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £5,000 at the end of the period, a figure the trustees note is more than needed to close the charity. Financial sustainability is currently dependent on a large donation and other revenue, with the trustees actively seeking to change their membership model to reduce reliance on donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than we would need to close our charity (reserves figure: £5k)
“We are keeping £5,000 as a reserve though this is more than we would need to close our charity”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“We have continued to function due to a large donation this year which should cover 2025 operations along with other revenue. However, we are urgently looking at changing our membership model to be more sustainable without donations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2022 (received 19/02/2024, 295 days after the 30/04/2023 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£78k£53k
30/06/2024£50k£35k
30/06/2023£36k£38k
30/06/2022£15k£28k
30/06/2021£44k£26k

Common questions

Is British Holistic Healthcare Association financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £5,000 at the end of the period, a figure the trustees note is more than needed to close the charity. Financial sustainability is currently dependent on a large donation and other revenue, with the trustees actively seeking to change their membership model to reduce reliance on donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds British Holistic Healthcare Association?

Funders whose own accounts filings name British Holistic Healthcare Association as a grant recipient include THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CRUCIBLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k