BRITISH SURGICAL TRADES ASSOCIATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST

Registered charity 294114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ORTHOTIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST

Training and education of Orthotists

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF PROPER EDUCATION AND TRAINING FIRSTLEY OF ORTHOTISTS MANAGERS AND TECHNOLOGISTS AND AS NEEDS ARISE SECONDLY TRAINING OF TECHNICIANS WITHIN THE AREA CONCERNING SURGICAL AND MEDICAL APPLIANCES AND DEVICES.

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.

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Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,441,900, derived from investment income of £57,878 and significant investment gains of £359,734. Expenditure on charitable activities and raising funds totaled £105,459, resulting in a net movement in funds of £312,153. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding 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

• Andrew Charles Lodge
• Andrew Dewsbury
• Barry Campbell
• Beth Foreman
• Faye Dearden
• KAY PURNELL
• Martin Matthews · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: 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 BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS TRAINING TRUST.

• BRITISH MOTOR SPORTS TRAINING TRUST income £122k
• THE SOCIETY OF PRACTISING VETERINARY SURGEONS CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £115k
• BRITISH VETERINARY ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £270k
• BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.4m
• THE BRITISH SPORTS TRUST income £2.3m
• BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY income £773k

Side by side with its peers

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