THE INTENSIVE CARE SOCIETY

Registered charity 1039236 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICS · also registered in Scotland as SC040052 (OSCR)

Advance and promote the care of critically ill patients, including medical science and research concerned with critical care.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Society reported a net deficit of £26,650 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,398,747. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are above the stated policy target of £750,000, which is calculated to cover three months of operating expenditure and specific risks. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02940178

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Intensive Care Society (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• ALLEN, Stephen Bruce — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• LONGLEY, Caryl Annette — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• MILLER, Ashley Samuel Christian — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• PUTHUCHEARY, Zudin Amilka, Professor — director, appointed 08/12/2025on trustee list
• FERGUS, Darren — director, appointed 14/05/2024on trustee list
• BREEN, Andrew, Dr — director, appointed 04/12/2023on trustee list
• DEAN, Paul, Dr — director, appointed 01/01/2022on trustee list
• LAHA, Shondipon Kumar, Dr — director, appointed 05/12/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (46% 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: 4.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Shondipon Kumar Lahachair
• Caryl Annette Longley
• Darren Fergus
• Dr Andrew Breen
• Dr Ashley Miller
• Dr Paul Dean
• Professor Zudin Amilka Puthucheary
• Stephen Bruce Allen

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Paediatric Critical Care Society.

• Paediatric Critical Care Society income £212k
• INTENSIVE CARE NATIONAL AUDIT AND RESEARCH CENTRE income £5.2m
• THE INTERNATIONAL CONTINENCE SOCIETY income £532k
• THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF CRITICAL CARE NURSES income £289k
• HEALTHCARE INFECTION SOCIETY income £1.7m
• THE SOCIETY OF CLINICAL PERFUSION SCIENTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £283k

Side by side with its peers

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