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BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1066994 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOA, JOINT ACTION

Annual Congress & educational courses for members, curriculum development for all T&O trainees, provision of website for members & public. Research grants, professional practice publications. Regular communications with Government, it's agencies, allied bodies, patient groups, related international bodies etc.

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

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £23.4k for the year, largely due to fellowship funding drawn from reserves, despite an overall increase in incoming resources. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £3.6 million are appropriate given the economic outlook, and the charity maintains adequate cash reserves with no requirement for external funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs between £1.6 - £1.8 million (held: £3.6m)
“Accumulate and sustain unrestricted reserves equivalent to six months running costs between £1.6 - £1.8 million” — page 31
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Joint Action, the orthopaedic research appeal of The British Orthopaedic Association (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.5m
Cost of raising funds
£148k
Reserves (reported)
£3.6m
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~12.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.2m£3.5m
31/12/2023£3.0m£3.3m
31/12/2022£3.7m£3.9m
31/12/2021£3.1m£2.8m
31/12/2020£2.6m£2.5m

Common questions

Is BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a loss of £23.4k for the year, largely due to fellowship funding drawn from reserves, despite an overall increase in incoming resources. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £3.6 million are appropriate given the economic outlook, and the charity maintains adequate cash reserves with no requirement for external funding. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2024£3kGeneral charitable purposes
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2022£3kOther grants
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2023£1kGeneral grant

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
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£35k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TO THE ROBERT JONES & AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL1£24k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED1£15k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES1£5k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£2k
THE W E DUNN TRUST1£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION£3.2m——above—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2024£7.5m£100,001 - £110,0008above—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS FY2025£895k£70,001 - £80,0001above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2024£1.6m——above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION FY2024£220k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£635k—0above—no doubt

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