THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 1073464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOS

Offer reliable information on orthodontics for patients, public and health authorities through publications, website, and media.Provide professional education for orthodontists through Conferences and Meetings.Advance knowledge by funding orthodontic research through the BOS Foundation, Clinical Audit and Awards programmes, and publishing the Journal of Orthodontics.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £970,718, which is above its stated policy target of £500,000. However, the trustees note that a withdrawal of free reserves is likely in the final quarter of 2025, which would bring total reserves below the policy target, prompting a recovery plan to rebuild reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: Two trustees received honorariums totalling £1,050.

“Two trustees received honorariums totalling £1,050.” — page 42

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Warner Wilde Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.8m

Cost of raising funds

£78

Reserves (reported)

£971k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire Bates
Faiza Lewis
Hayley Llandro
Hemendra Shah
Matthew John Clover Dr
Peter Mossey Professor
Robert Lawson
Simon Mark Watkinson
Stephen Chadwick Dr

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£1.8m
31/12/2023	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/12/2022	£1.4m	£1.8m
31/12/2021	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/12/2020	£753k	£899k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £970,718, which is above its stated policy target of £500,000. However, the trustees note that a withdrawal of free reserves is likely in the final quarter of 2025, which would bring total reserves below the policy target, prompting a recovery plan to rebuild reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Warner Wilde Limited.

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS income £895k
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.7m
BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY income £773k
ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION income £985k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY	£1.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS FY2025	£895k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY FY2024	£773k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ORAL HEALTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£985k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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