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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGEONS

Registered charity 1005353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC SURGEONS · filing overdue (register status)

The Association's principal activity is the dissemination of information as it relates to the specialty of plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. BAPRAS aims to be a unifying organisation to represent, support, and professionally develop the best evidence-based practice in order to achieve the highest standard of patient care.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated £1,551,345 in income and spent £1,393,723, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves stood at £2.67m, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of two years' expenditure (approximately £2.8m). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Journal income (35% of income)
“Subscription income from members contributed £366,458 (2023: £354,010) and the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons contributed £546,848 (2023: £503,248) towards the operational costs of the Association.” — page 21
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: two years cost of total expenditure (held: £2.7m)
“The Trustees have determined a suitable target for the level of free reserves at two years cost of total expenditure which is in the region of some £2.8m.” — page 22
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: BAPRAS provided £40,000 funding to BFIRST, an organization where trustee M Ragbir is also a trustee.
“M Ragbir is also trustee of BFIRST. In the year BAPRAS gave a grant of £40,000 (2023:£40,000) to BFIRST.” — page 39
“Paolo Matteucci, BAPRAS Trustee did not receive a pump priming research grant (2023: £19,624).” — page 39
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Paolo Matteucci did not receive a research grant that was awarded in the prior year.
“M Ragbir is also trustee of BFIRST. In the year BAPRAS gave a grant of £40,000 (2023:£40,000) to BFIRST.” — page 39
“Paolo Matteucci, BAPRAS Trustee did not receive a pump priming research grant (2023: £19,624).” — page 39
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.4m£1.5m
30/09/2024£1.6m£1.4m
30/09/2023£1.4m£1.4m
30/09/2022£1.2m£1.1m
30/09/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGEONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated £1,551,345 in income and spent £1,393,723, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves stood at £2.67m, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of two years' expenditure (approximately £2.8m). The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES1£5k
BJU INTERNATIONAL1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE AND AESTHETIC SURGEONS£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF AESTHETIC PLASTIC SURGEONS FY2024£697k—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
THE BRITISH SOCIETY OF AESTHETICS FY2023£194k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS FY2025£348k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY AND TRAINING FY2024£151kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt

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