THE BRITISH URO-ONCOLOGY GROUP

Registered charity 1116828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUG

Annual educational meeting. Website with educational resources. Meetings reviewing service delivery for prostate cancer patients. Dissemination of information.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS OR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM UROLOGICAL CANCERS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING ITS IDENTIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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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Latest income

£231k

Latest spending

£224k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves stood at £137,893, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the charity's needs and equate to approximately six months of resources expended. Total incoming resources decreased to £230,900 from £296,886 in the prior year, while total expenditure also decreased to £223,830. The charity reported a net income of £7,070 for the period, resulting in a slight increase in unrestricted funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the resources expended (held: £138k)

“The trustees consider that given the nature of the work of the charity and assuming that the charity's activities continue at the current levels, this should equate to approximately six months of the resources expended”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

Prof AMIT KUMAR BAHLchair
Dr ALISON BIRTLE
Dr Anita Mitra · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Balaji Venugopal
Dr Sree Amarnath Rao Challapalli
PROF ROBERT ANTHONY HUDDART
Prof Joseph Murtagh O'Sullivan
Prof Simon Crabb · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£231k	£224k
31/12/2023	£297k	£342k
31/12/2022	£277k	£248k
31/12/2021	£247k	£222k
31/12/2020	£162k	£248k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH URO-ONCOLOGY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £137,893, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet the charity's needs and equate to approximately six months of resources expended. Total incoming resources decreased to £230,900 from £296,886 in the prior year, while total expenditure also decreased to £223,830. The charity reported a net income of £7,070 for the period, resulting in a slight increase in unrestricted funds. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION	1	£1.2m
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION	1	£600k
Arthritis UK	1	£316k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
Vivensa Foundation	1	£114k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	1	£100k
PROSTATE CANCER UK	1	£76k
THE JEAN SHANKS FOUNDATION	1	£55k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO.

THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
COLCHESTER HAS ACTIVE PROSTATE SUPPORT income £200k
ROYAL GLAMORGAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE ASSOCIATION income £114k
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES income £23.0m
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH URO-ONCOLOGY GROUP	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024	£502k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER HAS ACTIVE PROSTATE SUPPORT FY2025	£200k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL GLAMORGAN POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE ASSOCIATION FY2025	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES FY2026	£23.0m	£110,001 - £120,000	22	above	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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