# BMA CHARITIES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1214904
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 11, 2025
- **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=1214904


## Contact

- **Address:** BMA Charities, B M A HOUSE, TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1H 9JP
- **Phone:** 03330900924
- **Email:** info@bmacharities.org.uk
- **Website:** https://bmacharities.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1 THE RELIEF OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASONS OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR AGE.IN THE CLAUSE "BENEFICIARIES" SHALL MEAN PERSONS WHO ARE, OR HAVE BEEN, OR ARE TRAINING TO BE, MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS, OR THE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, CIVIL PARTNERS, CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS OR OF DECEASED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE. 2 TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS WHO ARE TRAINING TO BE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.3 TO ADVANCE MEDICAL EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO YOUNG PERSONS IN FULL TIME EDUCATION WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING A CAREER IN MEDICINE.

**Activities:** Grant giving to doctors who are facing financial crisis, to refugee doctors, to medical students and to organisations which either help these groups or support young people considering a career in medicine.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales




## Trustees

- **Dr Rajiv Wijesuriya** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Dr Mary Jane Platt — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Dr Robert Barnett — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Keith David Ward — appointed Sept. 11, 2025
- Rachel Podolak — appointed Sept. 11, 2025