Registered charity · London
The Society for Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical MEN
- 11 trustees
- Income £256k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- David BuckleChair · since 2018
- Col Duncan ParkhouseTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Christine TomkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Ffion DaviesTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Naomi JiagboguTrustee · since 2022
- Dr Robert Lyn Michael GriffithsTrustee · since 2023
- DR Rohit MalliwalTrustee · since 2011
- Dr ROY Newberry PalmerTrustee
- Dr Shriti PattaniTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Stewart Matheson KilpatrickTrustee
- Lydia AcquahTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.samf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£256k£209k
- 2024£244k£162k
- 2023£237k£234k
Earlier years
- 2022£248k£167k
- 2021£241k£184k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF DISTRESSED WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. IF, AND IN SO FAR AS THE SAID INCOME IN ANY YEAR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION AS AFORESAID THE SOCIETY MAY, SUBJECT TO OBSERVING THE SAME CONDITION IN RELATION TO EACH CLASS SUCCESSIVELY ENUMERATED BELOW, APPLY THE SAID INCOME FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:- (A) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (B) NECESSITOUS MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (C) NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY (D) NECESSITOUS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS NOT BEING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY AND THE NECESSITOUS DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PRACTITIONERS WHETHER DECEASED OR NOT.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- David Buckle Chair since 2018
- Col Duncan Parkhouse since 2025
- DR Rohit Malliwal since 2011
- Dr Christine Tomkins since 2023
- Dr Ffion Davies since 2025
- Dr Naomi Jiagbogu since 2022
- Dr ROY Newberry Palmer
- Dr Robert Lyn Michael Griffiths since 2023
- Dr Stewart Matheson Kilpatrick
- Dr Shriti Pattani since 2025
- Lydia Acquah since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- David Buckle Chair since 2018
- DR Rohit Malliwal since 2011
- Lydia Acquah since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Col Duncan Parkhouse since 2025
- DR Rohit Malliwal since 2011
- Dr Christine Tomkins since 2023
- Dr Ffion Davies since 2025
- Dr Naomi Jiagbogu since 2022
- Dr Robert Lyn Michael Griffiths since 2023
- Dr Stewart Matheson Kilpatrick
- Dr Shriti Pattani since 2025
- Lydia Acquah since 2019
Portfolio (2)
- David Buckle Chair since 2018
- Dr ROY Newberry Palmer
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 207473
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER DATED 5 APRIL 1864 AS AMENDED 14 MAY 1975 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 12 MARCH 1980, ORDERS 16 MARCH 1983, 16 MARCH 1989 AND SCHEME OF 23 OCT. 1989 AND BY-LAWS MADE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ROYAL CHARTER AND ADOPTED ON 24 MAY 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 07771300410 · info@samf.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 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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