BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 2 March 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03553177
Financial period: 1 May 2024 – 30 April 2025
Latest income: £588,176
Latest expenditure: £572,067
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 10 Dunlop Road, Ipswich, IP2 0UG

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.basics.org.uk/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The British Association for Immediate Care is a charitable company limited by guarantee that serves as a membership association for individuals and for affiliated immediate care schemes to promote pre-hospital immediate care. It provides education and resources to further pre-hospital immediate care through courses, conferences, and the provision of grants and bursaries.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 9 February 2026
Date Accounts Received: 9 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £588,176
Total Gross Expenditure: £572,067

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 11 February 2025
Date Accounts Received: 11 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £617,133
Total Gross Expenditure: £653,881

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 29 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £571
Total Gross Expenditure: £604

Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 23 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £780,710
Total Gross Expenditure: £498,056

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 28 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 21 March 2022
Date Accounts Received: 21 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £502,511
Total Gross Expenditure: £548,653

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 February 2026
Total Gross Income: £588,176
Total Gross Expenditure: £572,067
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 11 February 2025
Total Gross Income: £617,133
Total Gross Expenditure: £653,881
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £780,710
Total Gross Expenditure: £498,056
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 March 2022
Total Gross Income: £502,511
Total Gross Expenditure: £548,653
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 9 February 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 252666
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 320868
Income Investments: 4434
Income Other: 10208
Income Total Income And Endowments: 588176
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £572,067
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 572067
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 164205
Expenditure Governance: 8286
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 11703
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £225,584
Assets Total Fixed: 373871
Assets Own Use: 373871
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £478,193
Assets Total Liabilities: £108,059
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £744,005
Creditors One Year Total Current: 108059
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £429,423
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 599456
Funds Restricted: 144549
Funds Total: 744005
Count Employees: 6
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 11 February 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 251858
Income Other Trading Activities: 2672
Income Charitable Activities: 316935
Income Investments: 720
Income Other: 368
Income Total Income And Endowments: 572553
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £653,881
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 653881
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 227195
Expenditure Governance: 7132
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 12752
Gain Loss Investment: 4615
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 2251
Gain Loss Other: -364
Reserves: £639,292
Assets Total Fixed: 244525
Assets Own Use: 244525
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £601,495
Assets Total Liabilities: £118,124
Assets Current Investment: 14067
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £727,896
Creditors One Year Total Current: 118124
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £562,286
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 639292
Funds Restricted: 88604
Funds Total: 727896
Count Employees: 5
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 May 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 23 February 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 467761
Income Other Trading Activities: 4252
Income Charitable Activities: 304237
Income Investments: 8
Income Other: 4452
Income Total Income And Endowments: 780710
Income Legacies: 216938
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £498,056
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 498056
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 189393
Expenditure Governance: 20389
Expenditure Support Costs: 20389
Expenditure Depreciation: 80595
Gain Loss Investment: 8
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 20000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £468,470
Assets Total Fixed: 237995
Assets Own Use: 237995
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £642,806
Assets Total Liabilities: £82,364
Assets Current Investment: 15144
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £798,437
Creditors One Year Total Current: 82364
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £392,998
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 706465
Funds Restricted: 91972
Funds Total: 798437
Count Employees: 5
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 28 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 21 March 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 250549
Income Other Trading Activities: 4212
Income Charitable Activities: 241103
Income Investments: 190
Income Other: 6457
Income Total Income And Endowments: 502511
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £2,990
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £545,663
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 548653
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 249496
Expenditure Governance: 52011
Expenditure Support Costs: 246223
Expenditure Depreciation: 2779
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 16800
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £0
Assets Total Fixed: 222870
Assets Own Use: 222870
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £342,778
Assets Total Liabilities: £69,865
Assets Current Investment: 12207
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £495,783
Creditors One Year Total Current: 69865
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £290,771
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 456918
Funds Restricted: 38865
Funds Total: 495783
Count Employees: 4
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2020-03-02T00:00:00

Charity Name: BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2020-05-05T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 276054
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 276054
Assoc Charity Name: BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 07 FEB 2020 as amended on 08 Feb 2021
Charitable Objects: THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING INJURY OR ILLNESS INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:• ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE INCLUDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONS AS WELL AS MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONERS, COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIRST AID AND VOLUNTARY RESCUE STAFF; AND• ACTING AS A RESOURCE BODY FOR SCHEMES, INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO PROVIDE PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS) IN THE SUBJECT OF PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 619082
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: BASICS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures