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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Georgiades Charalambou & Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the foundation's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Over ten thousand patients were treated by our partner hospitals and doctors in Vietnam during 2024, as the complex caseload continues to grow in our Vietnam Centres.”
- “19 fellowships have been hosted throughout 2024 and teaching has continued as the fellowship programme restarted in the UK following the covid pandemic.”
- “The Royal College of Surgeons of England awarded FRCS ad eundem Honorary Fellowships to Dr Nguyen Hong Ha, Dr Vu Ngoc Lam, Dr Do Thi Ngoc Linh and Dr Le Diep Linh, key figures from our partner hospitals.”
- “The foundation has continued to donate the upkeep of game-changing technologies to partner hospitals in the current year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAST, Florian Christoph | Director | 2025-11-12 | Jun 1978 | German |
| CHAN, Michael Chiu | Director | 2019-06-13 | Jun 1963 | Canadian |
| CLARKE, Peter Murray | Director | 2023-09-28 | Sep 1960 | British |
| FENNELL, Simon John Paul | Director | 2015-06-09 | May 1969 | British |
| KANDEL, Katrin | Director | 2011-09-07 | May 1958 | American |
| PATEL, Anil | Director | 2020-03-19 | Jan 1967 | British |
| PORTER, Richard William James, Dr | Director | 2022-06-16 | Dec 1974 | British |
| SCHELL VON BAUSCHLOTT, Peter Constantin William | Director | 2015-01-12 | Aug 1963 | American |
| SCHRAGER VON ALTISHOFEN, Charles Leland | Director | 2017-09-14 | Nov 1967 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECCLES, Simon James | Secretary | 2007-01-17 | 2019-06-05 |
| KIRKPATRICK, Philip Duncan John | Secretary | 2002-04-30 | 2002-11-22 |
| RANDHAWA, Neil Andrew, Dr | Secretary | 2002-11-22 | 2007-01-17 |
| BANTON, Graham David | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2013-02-01 |
| BUTLER, Peter Edward Michael | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2010-04-19 |
| COLLIER, Jonathan Marc | Director | 2015-06-09 | 2017-11-02 |
| DUNAWAY, David James | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2012-12-17 |
| ECCLES, Simon James | Director | 2013-06-08 | 2019-06-05 |
| FORREST, Christopher | Director | 2019-06-13 | 2025-11-12 |
| JOSHI, Naresh, Dr | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2012-12-12 |
| KELLY, Martin Bernard Hirigoyen | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2008-05-20 |
| KIRKPATRICK, William Niall Alexander | Director | 2007-01-17 | 2022-01-09 |
| MCELHONE, Natascha | Director | 2011-01-12 | 2020-02-18 |
| O'NEILL, James Patrick | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2018-09-13 |
| OPPENHEIMER TURNER, Emily | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2013-07-09 |
| RANDHAWA, Neil Andrew, Dr | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2010-01-01 |
| REES, Timothy Seaborn, Dr | Director | 2013-06-27 | 2019-06-05 |
| SCHMELTZER, Mary | Director | 2011-12-14 | 2016-01-24 |
| THYKIER, Kris | Director | 2002-11-22 | 2013-07-09 |
| TIMONEY, Norma, Dr | Director | 2017-09-14 | 2025-03-02 |
| UZUNER, Tolga Ibrahim | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-03-28 |
| WATERHOUSE, Norman | Director | 2002-04-30 | 2013-07-03 |
| WHYTE, Tim James | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2016-11-28 |
| YOUNG, Richard Charles | Director | 2011-05-04 | 2019-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2020-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
Latest filed period vs the prior one