THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1128683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation uses its funds to raise the standard of treatment and management of urological diseases and of research in UK and Ireland by funding educational, training programmes and research posts.The Foundation aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment and management of urological disease through the development and support of medical education, training, and sponsorship of scientific research.

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

Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £3,762,840, with free/unrestricted reserves of £396,781. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds are sufficient to meet charitable giving requirements for the coming year and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum liquidity target of £500,000 (held: £397k)

“The Policy establishes a minimum liquidity target of £500,000 (“Minimum Required Reserve”) subject to future modification by the Finance Committee and Trustees’ approval.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Urology Foundation continues to maintain close links with its two founding charities, BAUS and the BJUI, whose representatives are Trustees.

“The Urology Foundation continues to maintain close links with its two founding charities, BAUS and the BJUI, whose representatives are Trustees.” — page 29

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Urology Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£92k

Reserves (reported)

£397k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (20/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (29/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mary Garthwaitechair
Angela Daniel
Ben Challacombe
Hannah Warren
Hilary Baker
Juliana Taylor
Kieran O'Flynn
Mark Becker
Michael Griggs

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

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.1m	£1.6m
31/12/2023	£1.5m	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£1.4m	£907k
31/12/2021	£811k	£899k
31/12/2020	£1.4m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £3,762,840, with free/unrestricted reserves of £396,781. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted funds are sufficient to meet charitable giving requirements for the coming year and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Who funds THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION, THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£221k	Grant made through the Urology Foundation for a research study on robot assisted bladder cancer surgery
THE CHAMPNISS FOUNDATION	FY2025	£55k	Grant funding of activities
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£50k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£50k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£50k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£33k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£33k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£15k	To relieve the distress & promote the welfare of children during the current disaster of the Turkey earthquake
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
THE INMAN CHARITY	FY2024	£5k	Medical - Research
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Grant paid or payable
THE S M B TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE AMELIA CHADWICK TRUST	FY2022	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2023	£2k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	FY2022	£2k	General charitable donations
BELVEDERE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	FY2025	£1k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE CHAMPNISS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation	FY2024	£1k

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 NUFFIELD FOUNDATION	1	£970k
THE MCBAIN FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£100k
Bird Song Trust	1	£79k
MISSION44	1	£34k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£5k
BJU INTERNATIONAL	1	£5k
THE TANLAW FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED income £2.3m
UCARE (OXFORD) income £174k
MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £3.7m
KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST income £126k
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES income £19.2m
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION income £4.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION	£2.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED FY2024	£2.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UCARE (OXFORD) FY2025	£174k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025	£3.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KIDNEY RESEARCH NORTHWEST FY2025	£126k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND AND WALES FY2025	£19.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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