# OPERATION HERNIA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1138936
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 11, 2010
- **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=1138936


## Contact

- **Address:** 58 HERMITAGE ROAD, PLYMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PL3 4RY
- **Phone:** 01822852504
- **Email:** chrisoppong@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.operationhernia.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** OBJECTIVES SHALL BE REVISED TO READ: "THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION ANDPRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS, RESIDING PERMANENTLY ORTEMPORARILY IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AFFECTED BY GROIN AND ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS INPARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SURGICALOPERATIONS, SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, SURGICAL FACILITIES, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND EDUCATION AND THE TEACHING OF HERNIA SURGERY TO PRACTITIONERS TREATING SUCH PERSONS."

**Activities:** Relief of sickness,protection and preservation of the health of persons of limited means,residing.in other countries,affected by groin & abdominal wall hernias generally by provision of financial assistance, surgical operations, surgical equipment, surgical facilities, practical advice and education; teaching of hernia surgery. Provision of needs in other medical and surgical specialties arising.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Botswana
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Ghana
- India
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Tanzania
- Uganda



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £56874 | £81341 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £121816 | £132301 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £21973 | £15249 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £25475 | £63642 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2019 | £153604 | £110769 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **FIELDING CHRISTIAN OPPONG** (Chair)
- ADESHINA FAWOLE — appointed Feb. 6, 2021
- ARUN ARIYARATHENAM — appointed Oct. 25, 2018
- BASSEM AMR — appointed Feb. 6, 2021
- DELLA BALL — appointed Jan. 23, 2016
- Prof JACOB AKOH — appointed June 23, 2021