BRITISH MEDICAL LASER ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 800062 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B M L A, BMLA

TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE APPLICATION OF LASER AND LIGHT BASED TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE APPLICATION OF LASER TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE IN PARTICULAR BY:- (A) PROMOTING THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASE; (B) PROMOTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN LASER TECHNOLOGY IN AND FOR MEDICINE AND BY THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH REAEARCH; (C) ESTABLISHING STANDARDS IN THE MEDICAL APPLICATION OF LASERS; (D) PROMOTING COLLABORTATION AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE IN THE FIELD OF LASER APPLICATION.

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: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£49k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,990 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted net assets totaling £90,814. The trustees confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The independently examined accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 record income from activities of £48,283 (2024: £80,962), together with bank interest of £1,080 (2024: £1,270).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide financial resilience, meet ongoing commitments and manage the variability associated with conference and educational activity (reserves figure: £91k)

“The Association maintains a financial reserves policy. The trustees seek to retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to provide financial resilience, meet ongoing commitments and manage the variability associated with conference and educational activity.” — page 5

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.

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Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Thomas Listerchair
Dr HARRY MOSELEY
Dr Kathy Fan
Dr Raman Bhutani
Dr Samira Batul Syed · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Exley
Julie Robinson
Kerry Belba
Mark Brewin
Quentin Frew
Reem Hanna
SANJAYKUMAR M RAJPARA
Stanley Batchelor
VASANT HANSRAJ OSWAL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£49k	£43k
31/12/2024	£81k	£70k
31/12/2023	£93k	£99k
31/12/2022	£63k	£59k
31/12/2021	£50k	£45k

Common questions

Is BRITISH MEDICAL LASER ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,990 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted net assets totaling £90,814. The trustees confirmed there were no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £79.8m
BRITISH NUCLEAR MEDICINE SOCIETY income £625k
THE BRITISH CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £912k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS income £697k
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SOCIETY income £635k
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH MEDICAL LASER ASSOCIATION	£49k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2025	£79.8m	—	8	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH NUCLEAR MEDICINE SOCIETY FY2025	£625k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH CONTACT LENS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024	£912k	£90,001 - £100,000	2	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS FY2024	£697k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SOCIETY FY2025	£635k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.