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Saffery LLP 10 Wellington Place Leeds LS1 4AP
Dear Sirs
This representation letter is provided in connection with your preparation and independent examination of the financial statements of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness for the year ended 31 July 2025 for the purpose of filing the financial statements with the Charity Commission and Companies House of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness in accordance with The Companies Act 2006 and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
We confirm that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, having made such inquiries as we considered necessary for the purpose of appropriately informing ourselves:
Financial Statements
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We have as trustees fulfilled our responsibility, as set out in the terms of your engagement dated 7 December 2023 under the Companies Act 2006 for preparing financial statements in accordance with The Companies Act 2006 and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) which give a true and fair view of the financial position of the charity as of 31 July 2025 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended and for making accurate representations to you.
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The methods, data and significant assumptions used by us in making accounting estimates and their related disclosures are appropriate to achieve recognition, measurement and disclosure that is reasonable in the context of the applicable financial reporting framework.
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We have no plans or intentions that may materially alter the carrying value and where relevant the fair value measurements or classification of assets and liabilities reflected in the financial statements.
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We have disclosed all known actual or possible litigation and claims whose effects should be considered when preparing the financial statements and these have been disclosed in accordance with the requirements of accounting standards.
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Related party relationships and transactions have been appropriately accounted for and disclosed and we are not aware of further related party matters that require disclosure.
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All events subsequent to the date of the financial statements and which require disclosure or which would materially affect the amounts in the financial statements have been adjusted or included in the financial statements.
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The financial statements are free of material misstatements, including omissions. We believe that those uncorrected misstatements identified during the preparation and independent examination of the financial statements are immaterial both individually and in aggregate to the financial statements as a whole.
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- That, having considered our expectations and intentions for the next twelve months, and the availability of working capital, the charity is a going concern. That our plans for future action(s) required to enable the charity to continue as a going concern are feasible. That the disclosures in the accounting policies are an accurate reflection of the reasons for our consideration that the financial statements should be drawn up on a going concern basis.
Information provided
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All accounting records and relevant information have been made available to you for the purpose of your preparation and independent examination of the financial statements. We have provided to you all other information requested and given unrestricted access to persons within the entity from whom you have determined it necessary to obtain evidence. All other records and related information including minutes of all management and shareholders meetings have been made available to you.
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All transactions undertaken by the charity have been recorded in the accounting records and are reflected in the financial statements.
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We acknowledge our responsibility for the design, implementation and maintenance of controls to prevent and detect fraud. We have disclosed to you the results of our assessment of the risk that the financial statements may be materially misstated as a result of fraud.
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We have disclosed to you all information in relation to fraud or suspected fraud that we are aware of and that affects the entity and involves management, employees who have a significant role in internal control, or others, where fraud could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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We have disclosed to you all information in relation to allegations of fraud, or suspected fraud affecting the entity’s financial statements communicated by employees, former employees, analysts, regulators or others.
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We have disclosed to you all known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations whose effects should be considered when preparing financial statements.
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We confirm that we have disclosed to you the identity of the entity’s related parties and all related party relationships and transactions relevant to the charity that we are aware of.
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The charity has satisfactory title to all assets, and there are no liens or encumbrances on the assets except for those disclosed in the financial statements.
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There are no liabilities, contingent liabilities or guarantees to third parties other than those disclosed in the financial statements.
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Grants and donations
All grants, donations and other income, the receipt of which is subject to specific terms or conditions, have been notified to you. There have been no breaches of terms or conditions during the period in the application of such income.
- Legacies and similar sources of assets
Notifications of legacies and similar sources of assets have been monitored, and all such assets have been recognised in accordance with the recommendations of the SORP on charity reporting.
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We confirm to the best of our knowledge and belief that the above representations are made on the basis of enquiries of management and staff with relevant knowledge and experience and, where appropriate, of inspection of supporting documentation sufficient to satisfy ourselves that we can properly make each of the above representations to you.
Yours faithfully
[profsA7651243E5ESigned by: 1496...Catherine Pope …………………………………………………………. Professor Catherine Pope Signed on behalf of the board of directors
15 December 2025 Date:………………………………………………
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Company Number: 03835791 Charity Number: 1078203
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements
For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
| CONTENTS | Page |
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| Trustees’ report | 1-5 |
| Independent examiner's report to the members | 6-7 |
| Statement of financial activities | 8 |
| Balance sheet | 9 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 10-16 |
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
The trustees (who are also directors of the company) present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Act 2011. The company has adopted FRS102 and complies with the Statement of Recommended Practice ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities’ (effective 1 January 2019).
a) Reference and Administrative details of the Charity
Name Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Charity Number 1078203 Company Number 03835791 (registered in England and Wales) Trustees Professor E C Annandale (Chair) (resigned 10 September 2025) Professor C J Pope (Treasurer) Professor J J Waring Professor J Green Professor E Speed Professor S L Hatch (resigned 10 September 2025) Doctor J Douglas Professor T Moreira Professor F A Stevenson (appointed 28 September 2024) Professor R Barbour (resigned 11 September 2024) Professor S B Ziebland (resigned 11 September 2024) Company Secretary Wrigleys Solicitors LLP 3[rd] Floor, 3 Wellington Place, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4AP Registered Office 3[rd] Floor, 3 Wellington Place Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4AP
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
Independent examiners Saffery LLP 10 Wellington Place Leeds LS1 4AP Solicitors Wrigleys Solicitors LLP 3[rd] Floor, 3 Wellington Place Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 4AP Bankers National Westminster Bank Plc 21 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 2YT Bank of Scotland The Mound Edinburgh EH1 1YZ
b) Structure, governance and management
The governing document for the Foundation is the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the charity is constituted as a private company limited by guarantee. The company was incorporated on 3 September 1999, and its Articles of Association were amended by special resolutions dated 1 November 1999 and 9 September 2020.
The Governing Body currently consists of 8 trustees/directors. These are all senior researchers and academics who are, or have been, actively researching or teaching in the field. Trustees are appointed by the members and/or by the trustees. The individuals on page 1 were directors and trustees of the company during the year.
There is a minimum of five and a maximum of ten trustees, who may not be paid from the Charity.
The trustees are all members of the Foundation and have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting. All Editorial Board members of the Foundation’s journal, Sociology of Health and Illness, are members of the Foundation and have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting of the Charity, which is held at the annual British Medical Sociology Conference in September. Up to five other members can be appointed at the discretion of the trustees.
The trustees meet formally at least three times a year to discuss strategy for the next year and take decisions. On-going debate is conducted via email and telephone conferencing.
On appointment, trustees are given an induction to the work of the charity and provided with the information necessary for them to perform their role successfully, including a copy of the
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Trustees’ Report For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
charity’s governing document, a copy of the recent annual report and accounts and the Charity Commission’s guidance “CC3a – The Essential Trustee: An Introduction” and “Charities and Public Benefit: The Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit”.
The major risks to which the charity is exposed have been reviewed and we are confident that our reserves policy is the most appropriate way to manage the most serious potential threat, namely sharp decline in our income from the profits of the journal.
c) Objectives and activities
The principal objective for which the Charity is established is to promote and improve for the public benefit social scientific research, education and scholarship in the field of the sociology of health and illness.
The main activities that the Foundation undertakes in pursuance of this aim are:
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Publication of a journal, Sociology of Health and Illness ;
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Support for conferences, workshops and other educational activities;
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Provision for individuals to participate in conferences, courses and other educational activities;
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Provision of fellowships for post-doctoral early career researchers; and
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The arrangement or support for research and activities related to research.
The trustees have given due consideration to Charity Commission published Guidance on the operation of the Public Benefit requirement.
d) Achievements and performance
The Foundation’s Awards, 2024-25
Mildred Blaxter Post-Doctoral Fellowships.
There were five awards for Fellowships in 2024-2025. Two Fellowships were awarded in Autumn 2024 and three in Spring 2025. These were to:
Katharine Cheston – Durham University – The stigma of ‘medically unexplained symptoms’
Becka Hudson – Birkbeck College – Diagnosis Trauma: Confinement, Racialisation and Psychic Injury
Emily Yue – Edinburgh University – Situating UK Suicide Research as Anti-Racist Work.
Francesca Dakin – Oxford University – The Digital Facsimile in AI-enabled Access and Triage
Lauren Bridgstock – Manchester Met – Is elderspeak always inappropriate?
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
Post Graduate International Conference Travel Grants
During the year three awards were made by the Foundation (2024: 8).
Symposia & Workshops.
There were five awards made in 2024-25. In the prior year, 6 awards were made.
Research Grant Development Awards.
Six awards (2024: 3 awards) were made this financial year, three in Autumn 24 and three in Spring 25:
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Laura Abbott – Hertfordshire University – Lost mothers in transition
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Lisa Ashmore – Lancaster University – A multi-stakeholder exploration of the production and enactment of knowledge about HPV related Head and Neck Cancers
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Marian Peacock – Edinburgh University – Understanding functional seizures (FS) in their social, cultural, historical and political contexts.
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Volkan Yilmaz – Ulster University – Platformisation in Health & Social Care
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Carrie Purcell – Open University – Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights Research Collective
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Erica Borgstrom – Open University – Grieving Divergently?
e) Financial review
The deficit for the year amounted to £155,876 (2024: surplus of £71,300). At the year-end unrestricted reserves were £940,919 (2024: £1,096,795) of which £449,013 (2024: £653,293) represent unrestricted general reserves and £491,906 (2024: £443,502) represent unrestricted designated reserves.
f) Plans for future periods
As well as supporting the continuing work of the editorial team at the Universities of Newcastle and Cardiff, the trustees will advertise and fund up to four Mildred Blaxter Fellowships, fifteen Post-Graduate travel awards, six Symposia/Workshops, and six Research Grant Development awards during the financial year 2025-26. Details of how to apply for the awards and closing dates for applications are made available on the Foundation’s website.
g) Reserves policy
The trustees have reviewed the charity’s needs for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission. It is the policy of the charity to carry forward sufficient funds in reserve to cover any shortfall to cover committed editorial expenses and research awards, were income to decline. The trustees consider a level of £300,000 to be appropriate for this purpose and
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Trustees’ Report For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
reviewed this sum during the year. During the financial year the free reserves have been in excess of this amount and it is the aim of the trustees to continue to pay out more grants to reduce these during the year to 31 July 2026.
Statement of trustees’ responsibilities
The trustees (who are also directors of the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Small companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.
By order of the board
Professor Catherine Pope [profsA7651243E5ESigned by: 1496...Catlerine Pope Treasurer
Date: 15 December 2025
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Members For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
Since the Company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Independent Examiner’s Report (Continued) For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Sally Appleton FCA CTA Saffery LLP 10 Wellington Place Leeds Yorkshire LS1 4AP
Date:
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Statement of Financial Activities For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
| Income and endowments from: Notes Charitable activities 3 Investments Bank interest receivable Total Expenditure on: Charitable activities 7 Publishing Grant making Support costs Total Net (expenditure) / income 2 Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted funds 2025 £ 2024 £ 368,598 366,027 2,697 2,973 371,295 369,000 120,446 103,673 373,387 158,745 33,338 35,282 (527,171) (297,700) (155,876) 71,300 1,096,795 1,025,495 940,919 1,096,795 |
Unrestricted funds 2025 £ 2024 £ 368,598 366,027 2,697 2,973 371,295 369,000 120,446 103,673 373,387 158,745 33,338 35,282 (527,171) (297,700) (155,876) 71,300 1,096,795 1,025,495 940,919 1,096,795 |
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| 369,000 | ||
| 103,673 158,745 35,282 |
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| 71,300 1,025,495 |
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| 1,096,795 |
All amounts relate to continuing operations.
There were no recognised gains or losses for the year other than those included in the statement of financial activities. The statement of financial activities incorporates an income and expenditure account.
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Balance Sheet For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
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| Notes | £ | £ | |
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| Cash at bank and in hand | 1,047,255 | 1,200,821 | |
| Debtors | 10 | 711 | - |
| 1,047,966 | 1,200,821 | ||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within | 11 | ||
| one year | (107,047) | (104,026) | |
| Total net assets | 940,919 | 1,096,795 | |
| The funds of the charity | |||
| Unrestricted reserves - General | 12 | 449,013 | 653,293 |
| Unrestricted reserves - Designated | 13 | 491,906 | 443,502 |
| Total charity funds | 940,919 | 1,096,795 |
For the year ended 31 July 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
The notes on pages 10 to 16 form part of these financial statements.
15 December 2025
Approved by the trustees for issue on ……………………. .
Signed by: ………………………….. [profsA7651243E5E 1496...Catlerine Pope Professor C Pope Trustee Company Registration No. 03835791
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
1 Accounting policies
(a) Basis of preparation of financial statements
- ` These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of investments and investment properties, in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements of prior years were prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and complied with the Charities Act 2011. The trustees consider the Charities SORP (FRS 102) to be the appropriate reporting framework of the Charity and as such have chosen to prepare these financial statements in accordance with this framework.
The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness meet the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy.
(b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have considered forecasts and have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
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(c) Fund accounting
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As detailed in note 13 to the financial statements, the trustees have recognised an unrestricted designated fund for the balance of awards accepted during the year ended 31 July 2025 which remain unclaimed at the balance sheet date.
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(d) Incoming resources - charitable activities Incoming resources from charitable activities comprise royalties from the sale of journals. Income is recognised in line with the royalty income agreement.
(e) Expenditure
- Grants are accounted for in the year in which a binding obligation arises. Where there is an intention to make a grant which will be payable in a future year, and which is subject to the fulfilment of appropriate terms and conditions, an accrual will not be made unless the conditions have been fulfilled by the balance sheet date or are dependent on an external event over which the Charity has no control. However, where conditions have been met, it is the Charity’s policy that such grants are subject to the receipt and review of a satisfactory report before payment can proceed; therefore, no binding obligations will arise in respect of such commitments until the Charity has confirmed the relevant grant.
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
The administration costs of the Charity are allocated to grant making activities. The amounts paid each year to the publishers include an allowance for administration.
Governance costs comprise fees payable to the Charity’s independent examiner and expenses paid to trustees.
(f) Financial instruments
The Charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
- (g) Critical accounting policies and key sources of estimate uncertainty In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgments, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
There are no estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities.
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
2 Net incoming resources for the period
Net incoming resources are stated after charging:
| Fees payable to the company’s independent examiner for the independent examination of the annual accounts 3 Income from charitable activities Royalties received |
2025 £ 6,896 2025 £ 368,598 368,598 |
2024 £ 6,695 |
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| 2024 £ 366,027 |
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4 Trustees and employees
The trustees received £nil emoluments during the year (2024: £nil). £1,546 was paid for travel expenses to 7 (2024: 7) trustees during the year (2024: £2,092). Administrative duties are carried out by the Treasurer of the Foundation on a voluntary basis, assisted by an employed administrative assistant.
5 Taxation
The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
6 Status and control
The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is a company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital. The liability of members is limited to £1. At 31 July 2025, the company had 9 members (2024: 9) who controlled the company.
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
7 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
| Activities Undertaken directly £ Publishing costs 120,446 Grant making (note 9) - Support costs (note 8) - 120,446 |
Activities Undertaken directly £ Publishing costs 120,446 Grant making (note 9) - Support costs (note 8) - 120,446 |
Grant funding of activities £ |
Support costs £ |
2025 Total £ |
2024 £ |
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| 120,446 | - | - | 120,446 | 103,673 | |
| - | 373,387 | - | 373,387 | 158,745 | |
| - | - | 33,338 | 33,338 | 35,282 | |
| 120,446 | 373,387 | 33,338 | 527,171 | 297,700 |
8 Support costs
| Legal fees Governance Travel and subsistence Wages Total support costs |
Charitable activities 2025 £ 2024 £ Basis 8,175 9,426 Direct allocation 11,960 9,218 Direct allocation 1,621 2,092 Direct allocation 11,582 14,546 Direct allocation 33,338 35,282 |
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The charity employed an average of 1 (2024: 1) employee in the year. There is no employee who received over £60,000 of employee benefits in the year.
Included within governance costs are costs of £8,580 (2024: 8,190) for the independent examination of the charity financial statements.
9 Grants awarded
Details of the awards are given below:
| Post graduate international travel grants Mildred Baxter Post Doctoral Fellowship Symposium and workshop awards Research grant development awards Foundation awards book prize BSA Medical Sociology conference bursaries Total grants awarded |
2025 £ 3,193 330,447 15,019 19,183 - 5,545 373,387 |
2024 £ 11,026 127,646 17,396 1,677 1,000 - |
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| 158,745 |
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
| 9 Grants awarded (continued) Reconciliation of grants payable Brought forward at 1 August 2024 New commitments made Carried forward at 31 July 2025 Recipient organisation - institutions Mildred Blaxter Post Doctoral Fellowship University of Oxford University of Lincoln University of Sheffield Cardiff University University of Leicester University of Nottingham Nottingham Trent University Newcastle University University of Exeter King’s College London University of Edinburgh Research grant development awards University of London University of Oxford Angelia Ruskin University University of Surrey University of Sussex Symposium and workshop awards University of Nottingham University of Lincoln University of Loughborough University of Birmingham University of Oxford Nottingham Trent University Kings College London University of the West of England University of Liverpool Newcastle University University of London Cardiff University |
2025 £ - 32,856 32,856 50,034 - 23,414 - 26,856 42,400 50,941 50,145 14,953 32,856 38,848 - 5,970 5,982 5,676 1,555 - - - - 2,990 3,800 - - 2,490 1,498 2,905 1,336 |
2024 £ - - |
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| 34,146 23,534 50,835 19,131 - - - - - - - 1,677 - - - - 2,066 2,500 2,040 5,493 - - 3,000 2,297 - - - - |
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Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
| Other Book Prize to the British Sociological Association BSA Medical Sociology conference bursaries Post graduate international travel grants – 4 individuals (2024: 11) 10 Debtors Prepayments and accrued income 11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other taxation and social security Accruals 12 Analysis of movement in unrestricted reserves (General) At 1 August 2024 Transferred to designated funds Surplus for the year (excluding grants spent in connection to prior year commitments) At 31 July 2025 |
- 5,545 3,193 373,387 2025 £ 711 711 2025 £ 19,430 87,617 107,047 |
1,000 - 11,026 |
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| 2024 £ 61,804 42,222 |
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| 104,026 | |||
| £ 653,293 (410,810) 206,530 |
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| 449,013 |
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Docusign Envelope ID: 18F28DEB-4B7E-4A59-A820-592BD40EBF6B
Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (A company limited by Guarantee)
Notes to the financial statements For the Year Ended 31 July 2025
13 Analysis of movement in unrestricted reserves (Designated)
| Analysis of movement in unrestricted reserves (Designated) |
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|---|---|---|
| At 1 August 2024 Grants spent in the year relating to prior year commitments Transferred from unrestricted general reserve in respect of future grant commitments At 31 July 2025 |
2025 £ 443,502 (362,40 6) 410,810 491,906 |
2025 £ 326,300 (150,719) 267,921 |
| 443,502 |
The Charity has transferred £410,810 from the unrestricted designated reserves to the unrestricted general reserves for awards made during the year which were unclaimed at the year end (2024: £267,921).
The fund is expected to be used to pay grants during the year ended 31 July 2026, with liquid resources available to meet these requirements.
14 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Cash at bank Debtors Creditors Total |
Unrestricted Funds Designated Funds Total Funds £ £ £ 522,493 524,762 1,047,255 711 - 711 (74,191) (32,856) (107,047) |
|---|---|
| 449,013 491,906 940,919 |
15 Related party transactions
There were no related party transactions during the current or preceding year.
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