THE DAIN FUND

Registered charity 313108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Fund provides grants to support medical doctors' children only. Most grants are for education expenses and are made when an unexpected financial crisis occurs in the family or the family is on a low income. It can help children in the state and private sectors and university students. The Fund is also able to assist when children have disability needs.

Objects

TO ASSIST TOWARDS THE COST OF THE EDUCATION, CLOTHING AND MAINTENANCE OF SONS OR DAUGHTERS OF ANY MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES ARE IN NEED OF SUCH ASSISTANCE.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £1,453,176, which is above the charity's stated policy target of approximately one year’s operating expenditure. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with total assets less current liabilities of £2,436,178.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 Bhinder Singh Jheetachair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Philip Downing
• Dr Rajiv Wijesuriya
• Dr Robert Barnett · trustee of 2 other charities

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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