THE BRITISH TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY

Registered charity 1098584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BTS

The principal activities of the company are to advance transplantation by:-- the study of the biological, clinical & social problems of tissue and organ transplantation;- facilitating contact between persons interested in transplantation;- making new knowledge available to any person for the general good of the community;- pursuing other matters relevant to transplantation.

Objects

TO ADVANCE TRANSPLANTATION BY:- THE STUDY OF THE BIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TISSUE AND ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION- FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN PERSONS INTERESTED IN TRANSPLANTATION- MAKING NEW KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR THE GENERAL GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY- RETAINING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OVER ITS ACTIVITIES- PURSUING OTHER MATTERS RELEVANT TO TRANSPLANTATION

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £168,416 for the year ended 31 October 2025, resulting in total reserves of £603,794. The trustees report that these unrestricted funds remain above the established policy target of £220,000, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher James Callaghan
• Dr Nicholas Peter Torpey
• Richard Baker
• Sarah Hosgood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY.

• BRITISH SOCIETY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION AND CELLULAR THERAPY income £638k
• THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND income £1.3m
• BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY income £5.4m
• THE BRITISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SOCIETY income £290k
• OXFORD TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION income £181k
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m

Side by side with its peers

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