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Operation Hernia

Registered charity 1138936 Registered since 2010

Operates: Cambodia, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Botswana, Tanzania

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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.

6 trustees on the board

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

5
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6

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

Health and social care 7

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
incomespending£57k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2022 and 2023

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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.operationhernia.org.uk
Emailchrisoppong@gmail.com
Phone01822852504
Address58 HERMITAGE ROAD, PLYMOUTH, PL3 4RY

Finances

£111,113 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£25,475£63,642
2021£21,973£15,249
2022£121,816£132,301
2023£56,874£81,341
2024£111,113£102,931

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

OBJECTIVES SHALL BE REVISED TO READ: "THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROTECTION ANDPRESERVATION OF THE HEALTH OF PERSONS OF LIMITED MEANS, RESIDING PERMANENTLY ORTEMPORARILY IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AFFECTED BY GROIN AND ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS INPARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SURGICALOPERATIONS, SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, SURGICAL FACILITIES, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND EDUCATION AND THE TEACHING OF HERNIA SURGERY TO PRACTITIONERS TREATING SUCH PERSONS."

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 OCTOBER 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 29 OCTOBER 2010 AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE 2 NOVEMBER 2010

Trustees (6)

6trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Operation Hernia · 07414038 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/10/2010

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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