THE VASCULAR SOCIETY

Registered charity 1102769 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CIRCULATION FOUNDATION

The objects of the Society are to relieve sickness and to preserve, promote and protect the health of the public in Great Britain, Ireland and the world by advancing for the public benefit, the science and art of, and research into the treatment of vascular disorders, and promoting or conducting or causing to be carried out or fund all types of research relevant to vascular disease.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND AND THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY(1) ADVANCING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE SCIENCE AND ART OF AND RESEARCH INTO, VASCULAR DISORDERS; AND (2) PROMOTING OR CONDUCTING OR CAUSING TO BE CARRIED OUT OR FUND ALL TYPES OF RESEARCH RELEVANT TO VASCULAR DISEASE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF ALL THE RESULTS THEREOF..

Area of benefit: IN GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND AND THE WORLD

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

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

Registered contact address: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £123,046 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reversing a previous decline in Annual Scientific Meeting profits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves stood at £790,372, which exceeds the stated policy target of £600,000, providing a buffer against the loss of previous industry funding sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~13.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Roger Alleyn Thompson
• Anselm Asehasem Egun
• Christopher Paul Twine
• Colin Bicknell
• Daniel Carradice
• Dr Rachael Forsythe
• Dr Sadasivam SELVAKUMAR
• James McCaslin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Ghosh
• Kaji Sritharan
• Keith Gordon Jones
• Marco Luigi Baroni
• Marcus John Brooks
• Patrick Coughlin
• Patrick Neil Thomas Lintott
• Paul William Moxey
• Professor Athanasios Saratzis
• Professor Srinivasa Rao Vallabhaneni

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY.

• EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR VASCULAR SURGERY income £3.4m
• THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY income £3.4m
• VASCULAR ACCESS SOCIETY OF BRITAIN & IRELAND income £104k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY income £364k
• THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE income £13.7m
• British Microcirculation and Vascular Biology Society income £27k

Side by side with its peers

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