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British Dental Association Benevolent Fund

Bda Benevolent Fund

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1217787
Status
Registered
Reporting
Newly registered. The first annual return isn't due yet.
Registered
April 24, 2026
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
A C Mole Llp
Stafford House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Stafford House
TA1 2PX

Activities

The BDA Benevolent Fund supports UK dental students, dentists, refugee and asylum-seeking dentists, and their dependants who are experiencing financial hardship. It provides grants towards essential living costs and, where appropriate, professional costs that help people enter, remain in or return to dentistry, as well as confidential wellbeing support.

Objects: The Object Of The Charity Is To Give Financial Or Other Help When Practicable To Such Necessitous Persons Resident In The UK Who In The Opinion Of The Board Of Trustees May Be Deserving Of Assistance And:a. Whose Names Are Or Have Been On The Dentists Register Of The UK Or,b. Are Students At UK Dental Schools, Orc. Is Someone Who Was Entitled To Work (Through Qualification, Registration Or Equivalent) As A Dentist In Their Home Country And Has Asylum Seeker Or Refugee Status In The UK; Ord. Are Dependants Of Those Listed In (A) - (C) And Are Also Resident In The UK.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals
What
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who
Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups

Geography

Country
Northern Ireland, Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Shafaq Hussain (Chair) Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Alexander Gormley Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Anthony Jacobs Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Isobel Morrison Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Jacqueline Barclay Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Maria Kwiatkowski Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Molly Deykin Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Peter Crooks Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Richard Hems Sept. 2, 2026
Dr Samuel Derek Mason Sept. 2, 2026

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