THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HAEMATOLOGY

Registered charity 1005735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSH

The BSH aims to promote the study and practice of Haematology within the UK and more broadly throughout Europe and the rest of the world through its annual scientific meeting, educational and scientific grants, guidelines production, through its website, its journal the British Journal of Haematology. The BSH is open to all Haematology professionals.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.3m

Latest spending

£3.2m

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £12,061,368, significantly exceeding its stated operational reserve policy target of £2,550,000. The trustees confirm that these resources are adequate to continue operations for the short and medium term, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £11,492 for the year, driven by investment losses and designated fund expenditures, while maintaining a strong cash and investment position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There was 1 employee whose emoluments for the year were between £80,000 - £90,000 (2024:0).” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There was 1 employee whose emoluments for the year were between £80,000 - £90,000 (2024:0).” — page 25

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Profit share of journals (32% of income)

“The largest income stream remains the share of the profits of the British Journal of Haematology (both BJHaem & eJHaem) which was £1,040,791 (2024: £1,068,978).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The Society has incurred no financial costs in any fundraising activity. Neither did the Society engage any external fundraisers, nor did it receive any complaints in respect of its fundraising activities.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £3,050,000 total (£2,550,000 operational + £500,000 cash) (held: £12.1m)

“An allowance of 20% for market volatility was agreed, resulting in an Operational Reserve figure of £2,550,000. In addition, there should be a cash reserve of £500,000 at the year end to maintain fluidity” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: BSH Enterprises Limited

“The charity wholly owns its trading subsidiary, BSH Enterprises Limited (BSHE), through which the organisation of the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) for the British Society for Haematology is conducted.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haysmacintyre LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02645706
Trading subsidiary: BSH ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 02677826

BSH ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Turnover: £1.8m
Profit before tax: £676k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £512k
BSH Enterprises Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The British Society for Haematology.

“Gift aid of £512,159 was paid to its parent in relation to the surplus for the year ended 30 September 2024.”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dr John Ashcroft — President (source)
Carol Bewick — CEO (source)
Professor Gordon Cook — Vice President (source)
Huw Rowswell — Treasurer (source)
Professor Guy Pratt — Secretary (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

JONES, Gail Lisa, Dr — director, appointed 20/04/2026not on trustee list
GRAINGER, John David, Dr — director, appointed 20/04/2026not on trustee list
MEAD, Adam Joseph, Professor — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
GOMEZ, Keith, Prof. — director, appointed 28/04/2025on trustee list
DALLEY, Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 30/04/2024on trustee list
MILLER, Laura — director, appointed 25/04/2023on trustee list
HAPUARACHCHI, Tharindi Sangeewanee — director, appointed 25/04/2023on trustee list
KEEFE, David Patrick — director, appointed 25/04/2023on trustee list
SNOWDEN, John Andrew, Professor — director, appointed 05/04/2022on trustee list
MIALL, Fiona Mary, Dr — director, appointed 26/11/2021on trustee list
WARD, Keith David — director, appointed 05/06/2020on trustee list
FIELDING, Kate Ellen — director, appointed 05/06/2020on trustee list
ROWSWELL, Huw — director, appointed 30/03/2020on trustee list
PRATT, Guy, Professor — secretary, appointed 25/04/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£3.3m

Total spending

£3.2m

Cost of raising funds

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£11.8m

Employees

19

Reported reserves equal ~43.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (55% 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: 35.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DR JOHN ASHCROFT · trustee of 1 other charity
David Patrick Keefe · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Cathy Burton
Dr Christopher Dalley
Dr Fiona Mary Miall
Dr John Andrew Snowden
Dr Shankaranarayana Paneesha
Huw Rowswell
KEITH WARD
Kate Ellen Fielding
Laura Miller
Prof Gordon Cook
Professor Adam Mead
Professor Guy Pratt
Professor Keith Gomez
Tharindi Hapuarachchi

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£3.3m	£3.2m
30/09/2024	£3.3m	£3.1m
30/09/2023	£2.8m	£2.6m
30/09/2022	£2.6m	£2.5m
30/09/2021	£2.8m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HAEMATOLOGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds substantial unrestricted reserves of £12,061,368, significantly exceeding its stated operational reserve policy target of £2,550,000. The trustees confirm that these resources are adequate to continue operations for the short and medium term, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £11,492 for the year, driven by investment losses and designated fund expenditures, while maintaining a strong cash and investment position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haysmacintyre LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HAEMATOLOGY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS	1	£175k
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SOCIETY.

THE BRITISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SOCIETY income £290k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY income £638k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HEART FAILURE income £1.1m
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
BJS Foundation income £602k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HAEMATOLOGY	£3.3m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	above	0.0%	no doubt
THE BRITISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SOCIETY FY2025	£290k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY FY2025	£638k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR HEART FAILURE FY2025	£1.1m	—	2	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BJS Foundation FY2024	£602k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.