BASO-THE ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER SURGERY

Registered charity 1136067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association is a membership association for members of the medical profession working with patients with cancer. It corresponds with its membership regularly to give them updates and information. It also runs a Scientific Conference annually, which features guest lectures, symposia and submitted abstracts. A more extensive programme of meetings is being developed.

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

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£247k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,841 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £277,790 to £244,949. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £218,595, which exceeds the stated prudent target of £125,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £125,000 (held: £219k)
“They consider it prudent to hold free reserves in the region of £125,000 to cover the costs of the annual scientific conference, annual administration, and commitments made towards BASO/Rosetrees Research grants.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 9
“Expenses totalling £1,225 were reimbursed to 8 trustees during the period” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£215k£247k
30/06/2024£218k£221k
30/06/2023£120k£146k
30/06/2022£133k£111k
30/06/2021£139k£80k

Common questions

Is BASO-THE ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER SURGERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,841 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in total funds decreasing from £277,790 to £244,949. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £218,595, which exceeds the stated prudent target of £125,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES1£7k
BJU INTERNATIONAL1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ASSOCIATION OF BREAST SURGERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BASO-THE ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER SURGERY£215k—0above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF BREAST SURGERY FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF CANCER PHYSICIANS FY2024£101k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH FY2025£185k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED FY2024£2.3m——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.