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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE CARE AND SAFETY OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS, BY (1) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THOSE BRANCHES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH CRITICAL CARE; AND (2) THE PROMOTION OF STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO CRITICAL CARE AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £187,276 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a decrease in membership income and conference revenue against increased expenditure. However, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,211,471, which exceed its stated reserves policy target of £833,000 to £933,000, providing a buffer against identified financial risks. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (47% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (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.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE.

• YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE income £1.2m
• Paediatric Critical Care Society income £212k
• INTENSIVE CARE NATIONAL AUDIT AND RESEARCH CENTRE income £5.3m
• THE ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS income £161k
• CARE FOR THE CARERS income £1.7m
• FOUNDATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS income £371k

Side by side with its peers

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