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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY

Registered charity 1054534 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BADS

The promotion of and education in Day Surgery throughout the United Kingdom

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DAY SURGERY

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

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Latest income
£176k
Latest spending
£184k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £7,582 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £264,329 to £256,747. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £256,747, which is above the stated prudent range target of £120,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum of six months operating costs and a maximum of 12 months operating costs, amounting to £120,000 (held: £257k)
“The committee has concluded that a prudent range of reserves to be held from unrestricted funds not committed would be a minimum of six months operating costs and a maximum of 12 months operating costs. For 2023/24 this is proposed to be towards the higher end of the range. This would amount to £120,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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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
31/12/2024£176k£184k
31/12/2023£196k£156k
31/12/2022£186k£154k
31/12/2021£98k£83k
31/12/2020£71k£63k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £7,582 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £264,329 to £256,747. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free reserves of £256,747, which is above the stated prudent range target of £120,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH1£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER1£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£5k
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY£176k—0unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
BNJC FY2025£4.1m——unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2024£7.5m£100,001 - £110,0008above—no doubt
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA FY2024£1.8m—0above—no doubt

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