THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED

Registered charity 1127044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAUS

The Association exists to promote the highest standard in the practice of urology for the benefit of patients by fostering education, research and clinical excellence through the dissemination of information.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE HIGHEST STANDARD IN THE PRACTICE OF UROLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF PATIENTS BY FOSTERING EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of SENIOR UROLOGICAL REGISTRARS GROUP (charity 1082280) — merger registered 12/07/2019.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £187,688 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net decrease in funds. However, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £2,995,468 are significantly higher than the newly approved policy target of £660,445, and the charity expects to exist in perpetuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £660,445 (reserves figure: £3.0m)

“A new reserves policy was approved by Trustees during the year, with a target reserve level of £660,445. This is derived from the following considerations: Given the increasing costs and forward commitments associated with event organisation, the Trustees have agreed that for its basic reserves the charity needs six months of operational cost.” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 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
Paying staff
Risk management
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)

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: 200
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

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

Volunteers: 180
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Association of Urological Surgeons (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£3.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/03/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ananda Guha · trustee of 1 other charity
Gareth Collett
Ian Gargan
Joe Philip
Mahua Sahu
Mohammad Belal
Muhammad Shabi Ahmad · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Calvert
Suresh Venugopal
Tharani Nitkunan

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.4m	£2.6m
31/12/2024	£2.3m	£2.2m
31/12/2023	£2.2m	£2.0m
31/12/2022	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/12/2021	£1.3m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £187,688 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net decrease in funds. However, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £2,995,468 are significantly higher than the newly approved policy target of £660,445, and the charity expects to exist in perpetuity. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED as a grant recipient include BJU INTERNATIONAL.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BJU INTERNATIONAL	FY2025	£5k	Sponsored speakers at conferences

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 CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION	1	£276k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£150k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£34k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£10k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£6k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES income £531k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS income £61k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGYNAECOLOGY income £150k
BRITISH LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION income £134k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGENITAL RADIOLOGY income £134k
THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED	£2.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES FY2026	£531k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS FY2025	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGYNAECOLOGY FY2025	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH LARYNGOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGENITAL RADIOLOGY FY2025	£134k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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