Registered charity · Staffordshire
The British Association for the Study of the Liver
The British Association for the Study of the Liver is a registered charity (number 1106320) based in Staffordshire, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £647k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Basl (Charity Commission)
- 12 trustees
- Income £647k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dianne BackhouseTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Antonio RivaTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Benjamin WhiteTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Deepak JoshiTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Ian RoweTrustee · since 2025
- Dr James FergusonTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Louisa VineTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Ryan BuchananTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Victoria Katherine SnowdonTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Vishal PatelTrustee · since 2024
- James Alexander RichardsTrustee · since 2023
- Professor Patrick KennedyTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.basl.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The British Association for the Study of the Liver
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£647k£523k
- 2023£534k£486k
- 2022£398k£417k
Earlier years
- 2021£223k£161k
- 2020£156k£298k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN LIVER DISEASES AND DISORDERS, BY THE PROVISION OF THE FACILITATION OF RESEARCH DIRECTED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF TREATMENT OF SUCH DISEASES AND DISORDERS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
12 trustees on the board
- Dianne Backhouse since 2025
- Dr Antonio Riva since 2025
- Dr Benjamin White since 2025
- Dr Deepak Joshi since 2024
- Dr Ian Rowe since 2025
- Dr James Ferguson since 2025
- Dr Louisa Vine since 2024
- Dr Ryan Buchanan since 2025
- Dr Victoria Katherine Snowdon since 2018
- Dr Vishal Patel since 2024
- James Alexander Richards since 2023
- Professor Patrick Kennedy since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Victoria Katherine Snowdon since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Dianne Backhouse since 2025
- Dr Antonio Riva since 2025
- Dr Benjamin White since 2025
- Dr Deepak Joshi since 2024
- Dr Ian Rowe since 2025
- Dr James Ferguson since 2025
- Dr Louisa Vine since 2024
- Dr Ryan Buchanan since 2025
- Dr Victoria Katherine Snowdon since 2018
- Dr Vishal Patel since 2024
- James Alexander Richards since 2023
- Professor Patrick Kennedy since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
6.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 4.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106320
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 JANUARY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 10 SEPTEMBER 2004. as amended on 20 Sep 2019 as amended on 01 Mar 2021 as amended on 30 Dec 2023 as amended on 11 Oct 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 05017662 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01543 442154 · admin@basl.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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