ACTION AGAINST AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

Charity Number: 1170224
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

ACTION AGAINST AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION ('AAAMD') WILL FACILITATE FUND RAISING FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INTO THE TREATMENT OF AMD AND BE A DATA SOURCE OF RELATED INFORMATION. AAAMD IS AN EQUAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN BLIND VETERANS UK, FIGHT FOR SIGHT, MACULAR SOCIETY AND THE SCOTTISH WAR BLINDED. THE EXISTING CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE FOUNDERS WILL CONTINUE ALONGSIDE AAAMD.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £290,616
Total expenditure: £442,828

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£140k to £150k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 November 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Mark O'Donnell Chair 06 May 2022
HEART RESEARCH UK
Received: On time
DAY ONE TRAUMA SUPPORT
Received: On time
Edward James Holloway Trustee 10 July 2024
None on record
Adrian Bell Trustee 27 April 2023
None on record
Craig Douglas Spalding Trustee 22 February 2022
None on record
Dr Antonius Rijnders Trustee 14 January 2020
None on record
CATHERINE MARY YELF Trustee 16 November 2016
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £284.60k £211.28k £350.46k £354.13k £290.62k
Total expenditure £414.83k £312.74k £305.73k £356.21k £442.83k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £74.30k £95.54k £120.27k N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 27 December 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 27 December 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 15 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 06 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 14 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 14 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 29 June 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 29 June 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 16 Nov 2016 as amended on 12 Dec 2018 as amended on 08 Dec 2022

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY RESEARCH INTO THE NATURE, CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH INTO PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.

Contact information

Address:
Action Against AMD
c/o Blind Veterans UK
3 Queen Square
London
WC1N 3AR
Phone:
0300 111 22 33
Email:
joanna.zapisek@actionagainstamd.org
Website:

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