Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 15
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 27 ?

MEDACT

Urging the abolition of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. Seeking to understand the causes of violent conflict and working towards its prevention.Advocating changes to those economic policies which harm the health of individuals and communities.Promoting environmental policies which contribute to global health.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • Why are there 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/01/23*£418£485£-68n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/22£369£438£-69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/21£539£428£111£18£396£2998.4950
31/01/20£452£405£46n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/19£359£260£99n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/18£365£390£-25n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/17£356£341£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/16£279£196£83n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/15£146£129£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/14£148£130£19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/13£160£169£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/12£177£179£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/11£185£175£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/10£196£217£-22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/09£245£241£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/08£282£279£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/07£309£291£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/06£269£277£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/05£304£287£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/04£411£441£-29n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 24 years
(36 years as a company)

https://www.medact.org

office@medact.org

02073244739

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Joseph Rowntree Foundation£434,670
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£298,660
Friends Provident Foundation£148,200
Trust for London£93,000
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust£21,744
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Medact
£225,000 18/03/2023
Supporting the health community to create change for peace
Trust for London - Medact
£3,000 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.06.2020-8625
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Patients Not Passports: Healthcare For All
£280,000 29/09/2022
Medact organise health workers to take action on the structural barriers people face to health equity and justice. This grant will fund Medact in partnership with Migrants Organise to build the national 'Patients Not Passports' campaign which aims ....more
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust - Empowering mental health patients, challenging police
£21,744 24/06/2022
to empower patients, and challenge the presence of police, within mental health care
Friends Provident Foundation - Medact-An Economy centered on Health and Wellbeing
£148,200 14/09/2021
The crisis of the pandemic has been decades in the making, shining light on how deep-seated economic inequalities are health inequalities. We want to support health workers to challenge narratives that public health and economic wealth are in ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Covid-19 Emergency Funding
£18,660 02/09/2021
12
Medact is a network for health workers to challenge the social, political and economic conditions which damage health and deepen health inequalities. They organise health workers to take action on the structural barriers people face to health equity ....more
Trust for London - Medact
£90,000 07/10/2020
36
The funding is for continuation and further development of the London-focussed elements of its Patients Not Passports campaign for an end to charging migrants for NHS care, the removal of immigration status checks in the NHS, and a firewall to ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Medact
£209,670 10/07/2020
36
Supporting the health community to create change for peace
Friends Provident Foundation - Medact - Advocating for a health centered economic and political system
£136,850 01/10/2019
Medact is looking for resources to strengthen our existing economic justice work. Our purpose is to support those that work in the health system to strategically advocate for an economic system in which health is the primary outcome. We plan to do ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Healthcare for All
£250,000 13/05/2019
36
To work together with Migrants Organise and the New Economics Foundation to build a joint national campaign to ensure everyone can access vital healthcare, regardless of their immigration status.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Medact
£130,210 07/07/2018
24
Using health voices to make change for peace
Trust for London - Medact
£62,000 06/06/2018
24
The funding is to support health professionals in London to challenge new requirements for eligibility checks and upfront charging for NHS care. We propose to do this through workplace organising, research, and media interventions. This is part of ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to Medact/ICAN UK
£64,000 02/12/2017
24
ICAN UK collaborative project to promote the UK joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
J J Charitable Trust - DivestHealth campaign
£35,000 24/11/2017
Towards the DivestHealth campaign on health and financial risks from fossil fuels, encouraging the Royal Colleges and other leading health bodies to investing in climate solutions instead.
Mark Leonard Trust - DivestHealth campaign
£17,500 08/11/2017
Towards the DivestHealth campaign on health and financial risks from fossil fuels, encouraging the Royal Colleges and other leading health bodies to investing in climate solutions instead.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Medact
£116,054 02/06/2015
36
Towards the salary of the programme manager to mobilise the voice, expertise and social standing of UK health professionals beyond concerns about diet to promote healthy, sustainable and fairer food systems using fewer antibiotics.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 13/15 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-79
  • ANNE SCHULTHESS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • ANUJ KAPILASHRAMI (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor
  • DR KEERTHI MOHAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR NAZANIN RASSA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR RACHEL COTTAM Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • DR SONIA ADESARA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • HANNAH WRIGHT Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Data Director
  • JAMES DOMINIC SMITH Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Doctor
  • LESLEY JEAN MORRISON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired Gp
  • MARGARET OLIVIA JACKSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: General Practitioner
  • PAUL HARRIS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired It Director
  • PENELOPE MILSOM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Doctor / Public Health Academic
  • RICHARD BRUCE COPSEY Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Solicitor
  • SHIRLEY VICTORIA HODGSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Consultant
  • SIAN REECE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Doctor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/06/2000, number: 1081097
  • Registered at Companies House on 13/06/1988, number: 02267125
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 18 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE INSTITUTE FOR LAW ACCOUNTABILITY AND PEACE on 01/11/2023
Main office

Pelican House
144 Cambridge Heath Road
London
E1 5QJ

Objectives

(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF DOCTORS, OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN THE MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF WARFARE AND OTHER VIOLENT CONFLICT, POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION;(2) TO CONDUCT, PROMOTE OR OTHERWISE FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CAUSES OF WARFARE AND OTHER VIOLENT CONFLICT, POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AND TO PUBLISH OR DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;(3) TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS ARISING FROM OR CAUSED BY THE PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ARMED CONFLICT;(4) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE WAYS OF PEACE AND IN PEACEFUL METHODS OF RESOLVING INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES AND TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF PEACEFUL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NATIONS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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