Accountable by design
How the Foundation is structured, regulated and kept true to its community purpose.
The asset lock, in plain terms
CliniLink Foundations CIC is a community interest company limited by guarantee. There are no shareholders and no dividends — the structure most trusted by grant funders, NHS partners and research sponsors.
A statutory asset lock means income and assets can only ever be applied to our community purpose. Surpluses are reinvested into education, patient materials and research; in the event of winding up, residual assets transfer to NHS Charities Together.
- Statutory asset lock — profits and assets are permanently dedicated to community benefit
- Limited by guarantee — no shareholders, no private dividend
- Independent content — no funder or sponsor has any input into educational content, patient selection or clinical decisions
- Published register of all sponsorships, grants and funding sources in our annual community interest report
A simple, accountable route from funder to frontline
Grants, research funding and commercial education contracts come into the Foundation as a single accountable pot. Delivery is through suitably qualified partners — which may include CliniLink Ltd — always engaged on arm’s-length, fair market value terms with full disclosure of any related-party interests, and always under our own clinical governance.
Clinically led, professionally governed
Mehmoona Usman
Pharmacist (MPharm, MRPharmS) and Independent Prescriber with senior primary care network leadership experience, a NICE Guideline Committee membership, and a decade of frontline clinical practice across community pharmacy and general practice.
Theresa Ho
Operations leader with extensive experience in healthcare education delivery, quality assurance and programme governance across the CliniLink education portfolio.