BRITISH MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE SOCIETY
Charity number: 1057942
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The BMAS runs acupuncture training courses for healthcare professionals. BMAS was established to stimulate and promote the use and scientific understanding of acupuncture as part of the practice of medicine for the public benefit. It seeks to enhance the education and training of suitably qualified practitioners, and to promote high standards of working practices in acupuncture.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024
Total income: £436,866
Total expenditure: £456,692
People
9 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
| Number of employees | |
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| £100k to £110k | 1 |
Fundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who the charity helps:
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Throughout England And Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
Registration history:
- 10 September 1996: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- B M A S (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
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
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases 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
9 Trustee(s)
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| Hassane Charafeddine | Trustee | 04 June 2025 |
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| Dr Mehrdad Bordbar Amirian | Trustee | 04 June 2025 |
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| Dr Roop Mann | Trustee | 04 June 2025 |
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| Sean Julian Gilchrist | Trustee | 06 March 2024 |
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| Dr Amit Kumar | Trustee | 06 September 2023 |
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| Dr Affifah Farrukh | Trustee | 24 June 2020 |
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| Dr Federico Campos | Trustee | 05 June 2019 |
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| Dr Elaine Ying Kwan Cheung | Trustee | 05 June 2019 |
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| Donnchadh Lawler | Trustee | 13 April 2017 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £384.32k | £437.47k | £479.70k | £515.80k | £436.87k | |
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Total expenditure | £403.85k | £343.37k | £427.96k | £430.23k | £456.69k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £302.77k | N/A | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | N/A | £7.31k | N/A | |
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Income - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | £205.72k | N/A | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | £385.20k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | N/A | £45.02k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | N/A | £4.50k | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | N/A | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | 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 |
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| Annual return | 31 December 2024 | 17 October 2025 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR |
31 December 2024
(These accounts |
17 October 2025 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 30 October 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 30 October 2024 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 13 October 2023 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 13 October 2023 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 26 September 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 26 September 2022 | On time | Download Open in new window |
| Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 04 November 2021 | 4 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 04 November 2021 | 4 days late | Download Open in new window |