THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS

Registered charity 1152500 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RCC

Professional membership organisation that promotes quality, safety and excellence in chiropractic practice and provides postgraduate workplace training, continuing professional development and research funding in the public interest.

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

Latest income

£558k

Latest spending

£627k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £570,472 from £639,096 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure of £68,624 against incoming resources of £558,435. The trustees have set a reserves policy target equivalent to 12 months of operating costs, which the current reserve level falls below. The financial statements were independently examined by Dilip Patel FCA, who reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £570k; policy: 12 months of operating costs)

“Reserves of £570,472 at the end of the year are decreased compared to last year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£558k

Total spending

£627k

Cost of raising funds

£627k

Reserves (reported)

£570k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (24/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Cecelia Quinn
Ceri Edwards
Dr GABRIELLE SWAIT
Dr Philip Anthony Graham Dewhurst
Julia Kay Gover
MARCEL LOUIS MORELLI
Matthew Thomas Barks
STUART GUY SMELLIE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£558k	£627k
30/09/2024	£526k	£499k
30/09/2023	£491k	£462k
30/09/2022	£497k	£400k
30/09/2021	£435k	£410k

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £570,472 from £639,096 in the prior year, resulting in a net expenditure of £68,624 against incoming resources of £558,435. The trustees have set a reserves policy target equivalent to 12 months of operating costs, which the current reserve level falls below. The financial statements were independently examined by Dilip Patel FCA, who reported no material matters requiring attention. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS	2	£151k
THE FREEMASONS' FUND FOR SURGICAL RESEARCH	1	£1.4m
GAMBLEAWARE	1	£351k
Fight for Sight	1	£238k
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£141k
THE LOLLIPOP FOUNDATION	1	£75k
THE MARY KINROSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH UK	1	£72k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS.

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS income £53.7m
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND income £43.7m
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS income £7.9m
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS income £9.5m
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS income £29.6m
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON income £44.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS	£558k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS FY2025	£53.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND FY2025	£43.7m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS FY2025	£7.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS FY2025	£9.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS FY2024	£29.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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