The Bhopal Medical Appeal

Registered charity 1117526 Registered since 2007

Operates: India

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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.

4 trustees on the board

Annie Murray since 2020
Dr Claire Barker since 2026
Melanie Hadida since 2026
Sumohon Matilal since 2020

3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

3.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Annie Murray since 2020
Dr Claire Barker since 2026
Melanie Hadida since 2026
Sumohon Matilal since 2020

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 4

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£396k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

66 days

Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Qualified

Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Gateshead Visible Ethnic Minorities Support Group Similar size; both Human rights
London Islamic Culture and Recreation Society Similar size; both Human rights
Oxford and Swindon Area Quaker Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain Similar size; both Human rights
Manarat Foundation Similar size; both Human rights
Sanctus Similar size; both Human rights
Pentecostal City Mission Church Similar size; both Human rights

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.bhopal.org
Email	accounts@bhopal.org
Phone	01273603278
Address	The Bhopal Medical Appeal, Community Base, 113 Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XG

Finances

£395,869 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£568,358	£411,090
2021	£985,973	£422,741
2022	£448,372	£428,193
2023	£461,201	£421,366
2024	£395,869	£325,999

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AFFECTED BY CHEMICAL DISASTERS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO IN THE CITY OF BHOPAL, INDIA, IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE UNION CARBIDE DISASTER OF DECEMBER 3 1984 AND OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/05/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/02/2013

Trustees (4)

4trustees

46median age

0aged 70+

Annie Murrayage band 65-69 since 2020
Dr Claire Barker since 2026
Melanie Hadidaage band 40-44 since 2026
Sumohon Matilalage band 45-49 since 2020

Linked company (Companies House)

The Bhopal Medical Appeal · 05826888 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 24/05/2006

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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