ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY

Registered charity 1102712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q6974704 · Wikipedia · also known as NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY, NOS, ROS · also registered in Scotland as SC039755 (OSCR)

Our vision is a future without osteoporosis. We will: Improve the nation's bone health and prevent osteoporosis; Influence healthcare professionals to deliver high quality healthcare so that people are assessed & treated earlier; Provide the best information, support & services to help people with osteoporosis live well; Drive research and development of new treatments that will beat osteoporosis

Objects

to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with, or at risk of, osteoporosis;to undertake research into bone health and disseminate the results of such research;to educate the wider public on bone health and how to maintain it.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Bath and North East Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£6.6m

Latest spending

£5.8m

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 25% to £6.6m, driven largely by legacy receipts, while total expenditure remained broadly flat at £5.8m. The charity reported free reserves of £3.5m, which is £0.8m above its stated policy target of £2.7m, indicating a strong liquidity position. The trustees confirmed a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Legacies (65% of income)

“Gifts in wills remain the charity’s largest source of income. Legacy income totalled £4.3m, representing 65% of total income” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: The ROS Trading Company Limited

“In addition, the charity has one wholly owned subsidiary company, The ROS Trading Company Limited, which was incorporated on 29 September 2009.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 450
Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 449
Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 446
Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

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

Who’s Moving: Wellcome, Royal Osteoporosis Society, Cats Protection and more civilsociety.co.uk · 19/10/2026
Former Hospice UK chief to lead the Royal Osteoporosis Society thirdsector.co.uk · 14/10/2026
Royal Osteoporosis Society named as Slater and Gordon’s Charity of the Year winner nrtimes.co.uk · 27/03/2026
Royal Osteoporosis Society receives £1 million donation fundraising.co.uk · 25/02/2026
Walfinch partners with Royal Osteoporosis Society to build bone health banburyguardian.co.uk · 20/05/2025
Taking action on bone health: Royal Osteoporosis Society’s Craig Jones business.itn.co.uk · 28/02/2024
Patients share video messages of their experience with the Royal Osteoporosis Society. youtu.be · 23/02/2024
Pregnant Then Screwed and the Royal Osteoporosis Society win big at the Third Sector Awards thirdsector.co.uk · 22/09/2023

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04995013

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Osteoporosis Society (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Thom Harvey — Interim CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

CRISENO-SALLY, Sherwin Lumagui — director, appointed 08/06/2026on trustee list
BHOGAL, Gurjit Singh, Dr — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
ABBOTT, James Duncan Hammond — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
FROST, Barbara Mary, Dame — director, appointed 24/07/2023on trustee list
HICKS, Teresa Maria — director, appointed 29/09/2022on trustee list
COOPER, Ian Stuart — director, appointed 29/09/2022on trustee list
HERBERT, Paul — director, appointed 08/06/2022on trustee list
LYONS, Judith Ann — director, appointed 08/06/2022on trustee list
PEEL, Nicola Frances Anne, Dr — director, appointed 23/05/2019on trustee list
DARCH, Richard — director, appointed 28/02/2019on trustee list
GITTOES, Neil John Lloyd, Dr — director, appointed 16/07/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income

£6.6m

Total spending

£5.8m

Cost of raising funds

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£5.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/10/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Neil Gittoeschair
Dame Barbara Mary Frost
Dr Gurjit Bhogal
Dr Nicola Frances Anne Peel
Ian Stuart Cooper
James Duncan Hammond Abbott
Judith Ann Lyons
Paul Herbert
Richard Darch
Sherwin Criseno-Sally
Teresa Hicks

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£6.6m	£5.8m
31/12/2024	£5.3m	£5.8m
31/12/2023	£4.8m	£5.4m
31/12/2022	£4.7m	£4.8m
31/12/2021	£4.3m	£3.9m

Common questions

Is ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 25% to £6.6m, driven largely by legacy receipts, while total expenditure remained broadly flat at £5.8m. The charity reported free reserves of £3.5m, which is £0.8m above its stated policy target of £2.7m, indicating a strong liquidity position. The trustees confirmed a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Who funds ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE ERANDA ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£2.5m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£300k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£101k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£100k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£70k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£50k
THE ERANDA ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k	Health, welfare and medical research
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£50k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k	National donations
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£45k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£43k	Health
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2024	£32k	Health
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£25k	Essential resources and fraction liaison services.
THE DAVID BROWNLOW CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k	National Donations
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£25k	Health
THE BAND TRUST	FY2022	£20k	Specific grantee
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	FY2024	Unverified read£10k	medical research
THE CADOGAN CHARITY	FY2023	£10k	medical research
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE FINBOROUGH FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k	Medicine, science and the arts
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2021	£8k	Health
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2023	£5k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£5k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	FY2024	£5k	Other grants
THE ROGER AND JEAN JEFCOATE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	SMALLER GRANTS
FRAZER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Children
FRAZER TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE SIR EDWARD LEWIS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£2k	Support for people with osteoporosis
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2022	£2k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Medical and other research
FRAZER TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Medical and other research
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£1k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Medical Care and Welfare
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2021	£1k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PETER, IGHTHAM	FY2025	£229	Away Giving (Coffee Shop)

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/08/2025	£20k	Improving Access
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/03/2023	£345k	Osteoporosis Connect
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/12/2016	£10k	'Falls, Fractures, Frailty & Osteoporosis' Conference
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2011	£9k	Community events to empower people newly diagnosed with osteoporosis
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/06/2010	£8k	OSCAR (Osteoporosis Support, Care and Awareness in rural communities)
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/02/2010	£4k	OSCAR (Osteoporosis Support, Care And Awareness In Rural Communities)
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/04/2007	£5k	There is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/10/2006	£5k	There is no project name available for this record
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/09/2006	£10k	Osteoporosis Roadshow - Your skeleton and how to protect
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/05/2005	£2k	Osteoporosis Roadshows
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/02/2005	£3k	There is no project name available for this record

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 RESOLUTION TRUST	1	£14.2m
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£326k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£317k
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH UK	1	£110k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
ARTHRITIS UK	1	£50k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OSTEOPOROSIS DORSET.

OSTEOPOROSIS DORSET income £309k
Royal Orthopaedic Charity income £157k
OSTEOPOROSIS 2000 income £44k
ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY income £2.0m
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.9m
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH UK income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY	£6.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
OSTEOPOROSIS DORSET FY2025	£309k	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
Royal Orthopaedic Charity FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OSTEOPOROSIS 2000 FY2025	£44k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£2.0m	£80,000-£90,000	3	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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