THE FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

Registered charity 1119599 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (FFLM)

The FFLM is a charity set up to develop and maintain the highest possible standards of competence and professional integrity in forensic and legal medicine.

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Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£962k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £81,261 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total charity funds increasing to £1,141,517. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains financially sound with adequate cash resources to meet ongoing costs, despite a decrease in total income from charitable activities. The trustees confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between one and two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £1.0m)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to between one and two years of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: One Trustee (Dr Alex Gorton) received payments approved by the Board for a facilitator role organised by the Faculty.

“One Trustee (Dr Alex Gorton) received payments approved by the Board for a facilitator role organised by the Faculty. All other trustees give of their time freely.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee remuneration

“One Trustee (Dr Alex Gorton) received payments approved by the Board for a facilitator role organised by the Faculty. All other trustees give of their time freely. Details of trustee expenses (predominantly travelling expenses) are disclosed in note 7 to the accounts and related party transactions are disclosed in note 18 to the accounts.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Dr Alex Gorton — President (source)
Dr Bernadette Butler — Immediate Past-President (source)
Dr Iain Brew — Registrar (source)
Dr Amy Hamm — Treasurer (source)
Dr Deryn Evans — Academic Dean (source)
Ms Samantha Fenoulhet — Conference Lead and Deputy Registrar (source)
Dr Libby Sevink — Vice President Forensic Medicine (source)
Ms Stacey Day — Vice President Allied Healthcare Professionals (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£962k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£495k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Collette O'Connor · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Alex Gorton
Dr Amy Hamm
Dr Bernadette Butler
Dr Catherine White
Dr Deryn Evans
Dr Elizabeth Sevink
Dr Iain Brew
Dr Jonathan McAllister
Dr Laura Dean
Dr Robin Jamieson
Dr Sarah Camp
Elaine Cook
Emma Murphy
Samantha Fenoulhet
Stacey Day
Taylor Holman

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	£1.0m	£962k
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£650k	£465k
31/12/2021	£478k	£330k
31/12/2020	£407k	£346k

Common questions

Is THE FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £81,261 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total charity funds increasing to £1,141,517. Per the trustees' report, the charity remains financially sound with adequate cash resources to meet ongoing costs, despite a decrease in total income from charitable activities. The trustees confirmed that no material uncertainties exist regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by MHA.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FACULTY OF MEDICAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT.

FACULTY OF MEDICAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT income £1.1m
THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £2.2m
THE CHARTERED SOCIETY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES income £508k
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM income £2.5m
THE FETAL MEDICINE FOUNDATION income £7.3m
FACULTY OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FACULTY OF FORENSIC & LEGAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS	£1.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FACULTY OF MEDICAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT FY2025	£1.1m	£160,001 - £169,999	2	below	—	no doubt
THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2024	£2.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	below	—	no doubt
THE CHARTERED SOCIETY OF FORENSIC SCIENCES FY2025	£508k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2024	£2.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FETAL MEDICINE FOUNDATION FY2025	£7.3m	£60,001 - £60,000	25	above	—	no doubt

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