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.

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

Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£2.2m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £130,627 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £2,285,431 and total expenditure of £2,154,804. The trustees report that free reserves amounted to £3,268,881, which exceeds their stated prudent target of £2,500,000, and they are confident the charity can continue to operate effectively.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £2,500,000 (held: £3.3m)

“Accordingly, a minimum reserve level of £2,500,000 remains the target.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2024)

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£2.2m

Reserves (reported)

£3.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~20.5 months of spending — in the top quarter 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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
31/12/2024	£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
31/12/2020	£954k	£980k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £130,627 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £2,285,431 and total expenditure of £2,154,804. The trustees report that free reserves amounted to £3,268,881, which exceeds their stated prudent target of £2,500,000, and they are confident the charity can continue to operate effectively. Its FY2024 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 BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	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 £533k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland income £506k
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS income £415k
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY income £176k

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	£2.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES FY2025	£533k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2024	£7.5m	£100,001 - £110,000	8	above	—	no doubt
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland FY2025	£506k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS FY2024	£415k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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