Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

WORLD MEDICAL FUND

To work with the local communities throughout the world to create opportunities for the world's most vulnerable children to live safe, healthy and happy lives.To develop partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and their families.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

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
31/08/23£122£127£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/22£125£124£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/21£166£166£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/20£190£174£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/19£195£189£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/18*£159£156£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/17£205£202£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/16£154£154£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/15£135£114£22n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/14£146£150£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/13£121£138£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/12*£182£175£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/11£155£156£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/10£242£253£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/09£243£226£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/08£226£206£20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/07*£226£227£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/06£237£208£29n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/05£214£211£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/08/04£196£181£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

www.worldmedicalfund.org

info@ukwmf.org

01553617166

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Malawi,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 43-80
  • ANDREW BURT, Occupation: Marketing Manager
  • BERNARD ALTENBOURGER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • CHRISTIANE BURT, Occupation: Company Director
  • CAROLE RUSSELL RN Appointed: 2021
  • DR FAIZ KERMANI Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Scientist
  • MARIE ALTENBOURGER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/08/1997, number: 1063756
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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; AR18: 15 days late, AR12: 14 days late, AR07: 21 days late,
Main office

St. Helens
Low Road
Saddlebow
King's Lynn
PE34 3FN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND TRAINING TO THOSE AREAS OF THE WORLD WHERE THERE IS URGENT NEED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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