Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

BLADDER HEALTH UK 

1. To promote the relief of sickness of persons suffering from all forms of cystitis, overactive bladder and bladder incontinence. 2. To advance education of the general public & medical profession into the causes & treatments of bladder illness and the impact on quality of life. 3. Promote research into the causes and treatments of all forms of cystitis, OAB and bladder incontinence.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 11 years

www.bladderhealthuk.org

info@bladderhealthuk.org

01217020821

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£134£135£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£114£130£-16n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£129£123£6n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20£147£135£12n/an/an/an/an/a12
31/03/19£142£132£10n/an/an/an/an/a17
31/03/18£142£132£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£171£92£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£111£97£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15?£43£53£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/14£77£83£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/07/13£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000 08/05/2019
Building Blocks for the Future
National Lottery Community Fund - Living positively with Bladder Illness – it can be done!
£9,213 26/07/2017
12
This is a project by a charity in Birmingham, benefiting people nationwide. They will use the funding to produce a short film on bladder health, focusing on people living with illness who manage the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-77
  • NEIL FRASER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Insurance Manager
  • SANDRA FRIER Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Health And Social Care Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2012, number: 1149973
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/10/2012, number: 08270007
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
  • 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
11 returns made; all on time
Main office

Bladder Health UK
Kings Court
17 School Road
Hall Green
BIRMINGHAM

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ALL FORMS OF CYSTITIS AND OVERACTIVE BLADDER.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF ALL FORMS OF CYSTITIS AND OVERACTIVE BLADDER.3) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF ALL FORMS OF CYSTITIS AND OVERACTIVE BLADDER ON TERMS THAT THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE PUBLISHED.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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