BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Registered charity 1149074 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSG

Education and Training (annual scientific meeting, postgraduate training, clinical update meetings)Supporting research into gut and liver disease (supporting academic development, promoting Gut)Enhancing service standards (clinical service development, guidelines, sharing of best practice)Supporting the gastrointestinal communityPromoting awareness of gastroenterology

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

Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £296,440 for the year, with total income of £3,891,231 against expenditure of £3,800,620. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,762,187 are broadly in line with the stated policy target of approximately £1,600,000, representing one year of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: BSG Limited
“The charity controls the subsidiary entity, BSG Limited (Company Number 3021266) (England and Wales).” — page 16
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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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.

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

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£3.8m
Cost of raising funds
£104k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (78% 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: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.9m£3.8m
31/12/2023£3.5m£3.7m
31/12/2022£3.3m£3.2m
31/12/2021£2.2m£1.9m
31/12/2020£1.7m£1.5m

Common questions

Is BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £296,440 for the year, with total income of £3,891,231 against expenditure of £3,800,620. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £1,762,187 are broadly in line with the stated policy target of approximately £1,600,000, representing one year of operating costs. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY as a grant recipient include THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2024£3kGeneral charitable purposes
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2022£3kOther grants
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIESFY2023£2kGeneral grant

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY£3.9m——unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION FY2025£287k—0unclear—no doubt
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland FY2025£506k£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER FY2024£647k—0below—no doubt
Bowel Research UK FY2025£1.6mmore than £60,0001above21.5%no doubt
Liver UK FY2025£2.5m£107,1872within24.0%no doubt

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