THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL SCIENTISTS

Registered charity 1040366 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assess trainees as a preliminary to HCPC registrationPromote, advance & encourage the study & practice of the application of science in the prevention, diagnosis & control of illness & disabilityEstablish, uphold and improve qualification, training, competence & conduct of UK Clinical ScientistsWork & liaise with relevant professional bodies,including HCPC on matters relating to the above

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE IN THE PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL OF ILLNESS DISEASE AND DISABILITY.

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£35k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £8,106 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £59,220. The trustees consider the reserves policy target to be six months of annual expenditure, noting that current reserves cover operational expenditure for up to two years and two months. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would indicate material misstatement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover six months of its annual expenditure (reserves figure: £59k)

“The trustees consider the ideal level of reserves to be sufficient to cover six months of its annual expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Association for Laboratory Medicine (ALM), a company of which K E Hayden is a director, provided services to the charity with a value of £25,637 (2024: £24,734), and received services from the charity with a value of £580 (2024: £580). At the balance sheet date, the amount owed to ALM by the charity was £6,430 (2024: £12,623), and the amounts owed from ALM was £Nil (2024: £580).

“During the year, the Association for Laboratory Medicine ('ALM'), a company of which K E Hayden is a director, provided services to the charity with a value of £25,637 (2024: £24,734), and received services from the charity with a value of £580 (2024: £580).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 175

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 146

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 150

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Jacob Vaarkampchair
April Sellors
DR Ross Stuart Sadler
Dr Katherine Elizabeth Templeton
Dr Michelle Rebecca Foster · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Olivia Jane Shaw
Dr Sylvia Sharon Armstrong-Fisher
Jason Kasraie
Katharine Elizabeth Hayden · trustee of 2 other charities
Professor Malcolmn Sperrin
Victoria Jane Stinton · trustee of 1 other charity

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
31/12/2025	£35k	£27k
31/12/2024	£31k	£26k
31/12/2023	£33k	£24k
31/12/2022	£33k	£30k
31/12/2021	£29k	£19k

Common questions

Is THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL SCIENTISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £8,106 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £59,220. The trustees consider the reserves policy target to be six months of annual expenditure, noting that current reserves cover operational expenditure for up to two years and two months. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than an audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would indicate material misstatement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 BRITISH ACADEMY FOR THE PROMOTION OF HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL STUDIES	1	£21.8m
GAMBLEAWARE	1	£351k
NORTHERN CONSORTIUM	1	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE income £57k
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL TUTORS income £156k
THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS income £389k
COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS income £11.4m
THE CLINICAL GENETICS SOCIETY income £27k
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS income £53.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL SCIENTISTS	£35k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE FY2025	£57k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL TUTORS FY2025	£156k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS FY2025	£389k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS FY2025	£11.4m	above £60,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLINICAL GENETICS SOCIETY FY2025	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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