# MEDAID UNITED KINGDOM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111025
- **Other names:** MEDAID, MEDAID UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 24, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1111025


## Contact

- **Address:** 12, Burton Road, Sileby, Leicestershire
- **Postcode:** LE12 7RU
- **Phone:** 07860338058
- **Email:** simonopio@medaid.org.uk
- **Website:** www.medaid.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1  RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION OF RECYCLED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS TO HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTRES IN NORTHERN UGANDA.2  RELIEF OF POVERTY BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING INCOME GENERATING PROJECTS IN DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES.3  SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY PROVISION OF BOOKS, RECYCLED EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENTS AND SCHOLASTIC MATERIALS TO SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS

**Activities:** Medaid UK helped build 100 bed rural  hospital in Adwir, Alebtong District and 30 beds Maternity Unit at Alemere Medical Aid Uganda Community Health Centre in Northern Uganda. Working in partnership with partners in Uganda, DRC, Namibia, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Cameroon to save and transform  lives of local communities by providing OPHTASCAN an AI cancer and diabetes type 2 screening tool.

**Area of benefit:** NORTHERN UGANDA




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Angola
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Rwanda
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £63044 | £61771 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £143650 | £138721 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £138355 | £138040 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £128011 | £125771 | — | — |
| March 31, 2020 | £113502 | £113502 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Simon Henry Opio-Emuna** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 10, 2005
- Albert Owusu — appointed Aug. 10, 2011
- Dr Nelson Bua — appointed Feb. 1, 2020
- IAN DAVID OPWONYA — appointed Oct. 1, 2023