# BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR IMMEDIATE CARE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1188273
- **Other names:** BASICS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03553177](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03553177)
- **Registered:** March 2, 2020
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1188273


## Contact

- **Address:** 10 Dunlop Road, Ipswich
- **Postcode:** IP2 0UG
- **Phone:** 0300 303 1757
- **Email:** info@basics.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.basics.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING INJURY OR ILLNESS INCLUDING BY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:• ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE INCLUDING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF PROFESSIONS AS WELL AS MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, ASSOCIATE PRACTITIONERS, COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS AND FIRST AID AND VOLUNTARY RESCUE STAFF; AND• ACTING AS A RESOURCE BODY FOR SCHEMES, INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHO PROVIDE PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS) IN THE SUBJECT OF PRE-HOSPITAL IMMEDIATE CARE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

**Activities:** The British Association for Immediate Care is a charitable company limited by guarantee that serves as a membership association for individuals and for affiliated immediate care schemes to promote pre-hospital immediate care. It provides education and resources to further pre-hospital immediate care through courses, conferences, and the provision of grants and bursaries.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Andrew James Pountney** | Chair | Oct. 9, 2015 |
| Adam Waller |  | March 8, 2025 |
| Ben Brown |  | March 8, 2025 |
| Clare Fitchett |  | March 8, 2025 |
| Dr RICHARD STEPHEN STEYN |  | Nov. 11, 2019 |
| Dr Rowland Lovat Cottingham |  | Oct. 9, 2015 |
| Dr Suzannah Hoult |  | March 8, 2025 |
| Matt Ward |  | March 8, 2025 |
| PAUL JOHN GATES |  | Oct. 14, 2016 |




