LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY

Registered charity 1085391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LSO

Educational Institution and ClinicThe charity runs and outpatient clinic with discounted treatment rates for different categories of patients. Also runs a 5 year degree course for mature students.

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £212,498 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,746,835. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £250,000, which falls within the stated target range of £210,000 to £260,000. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £942,044 and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £210k and £260k (held: £250k)

“assessed that a target range for free reserves of between £210k and £260k is appropriate for these purposes.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £637 for professional services (guest lectures).

“The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2024: £nil). One charity trustee received the amount of £637 for professional service (2024: £563).” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One trustee was paid £637 in the year for the guest lectures.

“One trustee was paid £637 in the year for the guest lectures. There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.2m

Reserves (reported)

£250k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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

ANDREW DUGUID
Alan Bennetts · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Natalie Schoon
Ian Maurice Harrison
LINDA GREGORY · trustee of 1 other charity
Vicky Morgan

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£1.4m	£1.2m
31/08/2024	£1.3m	£1.1m
31/08/2023	£1.3m	£1.1m
31/08/2022	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/08/2021	£1.1m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £212,498 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £1,746,835. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £250,000, which falls within the stated target range of £210,000 to £260,000. The charity maintains a strong cash position of £942,044 and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins 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
SABENO LIMITED	2	£47k
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4.0m
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£898k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£219k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT	1	£194k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£91k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES.

LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES income £1.9m
TRUSTEES OF THE LONDON CLINIC LIMITED income £188.1m
LONDON SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY income £2.8m
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES income £1.8m
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK LONDON REGION income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUSTEES OF THE LONDON CLINIC LIMITED FY2024	£188.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FY2025	£2.8m	£80,001 - £90,000	4	above	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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