BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS

Registered charity 1062067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAOMS

To promote and encourage education, study, research and development of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as a specialty by the dissemination of information as it relates to the specialty.

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

Latest income

£895k

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £1,098,289, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of £500,000. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £131,690 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income before investment gains, though it maintains sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“One employee earned remuneration of more than £70,000 and less than £80,000 (including taxable benefits but excluding employer’s pension contributions) during the year” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee earned remuneration of more than £70,000 and less than £80,000” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £500,000 (held: £1.1m)

“the trustees consider that, in order to limit financial risk and based on current staffing levels, the level of free reserves should be equal to £500,000. This will allow the capacity to operate the work of the Association effectively in the event of unforeseen financial difficulties. It is expected that this would be sufficient to cover the operational costs of the Association for a period of nine months.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Remuneration paid to an Officer of Council for services provided to the Association.

“One Officer of Council received £33,345, (2024: one Officer received £39,114) for services as Council members provided to the Association.” — page 43

“During the year ended 31st December 2025, the Association was invoiced £2,425 (2024: £3,950) by S Brennan for graphic design services. S Brennan is the spouse of the Association’s Senior Administrator who is also a member of the key management personnel.” — page 43

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Graphic design services invoiced by S Brennan, spouse of the Senior Administrator.

“One Officer of Council received £33,345, (2024: one Officer received £39,114) for services as Council members provided to the Association.” — page 43

“During the year ended 31st December 2025, the Association was invoiced £2,425 (2024: £3,950) by S Brennan for graphic design services. S Brennan is the spouse of the Association’s Senior Administrator who is also a member of the key management personnel.” — page 43

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BAOMS (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£895k

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£14k

Reserves (reported)

£1.6m

Employees

2

Reported reserves equal ~16.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bhavin Gordhan Visavadia
Iain Varley
Professor James Patrick MAGENNIS · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Jackson Banks
Shaukat Mahmood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£895k	£1.2m
31/12/2024	£845k	£1.0m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£950k
31/12/2022	£863k	£943k
31/12/2021	£774k	£721k

Common questions

Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £1,098,289, which the trustees consider to be in line with their stated policy target of £500,000. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £131,690 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income before investment gains, though it maintains sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	18/06/2021	£8k	DSF - BAOMS Annual Scientfic Meeting

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 BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k
BJU INTERNATIONAL	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION.

BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.6m
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED income £2.3m
ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £985k
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS income £415k
BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION TRUST FUND income £883k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS	£895k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED FY2024	£2.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£985k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS FY2024	£415k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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