COLLEGE OF PARAMEDICS

Registered charity 1164445 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£3.2m
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the College of Paramedics generated a surplus of £144,578 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £3,392,034 and expenditure of £3,247,456. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves amounted to £601,975, and the entity prepared its financial statements on a basis other than going concern due to the transfer of operations to the Royal College of Paramedics on 1 January 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between four and twelve weeks of expected expenditure (held: £602k)
“The College aims to maintain reserves of between four and twelve weeks of expected expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)
“As the College of Paramedics transferred its operations to the Royal College of Paramedics on 1 January 2026, the College of Paramedics legal entity became dormant at that time. Therefore, although the activities remain ongoing within the Royal College of Paramedics, the financial statements of the College of Paramedics are prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary company
“In addition, the charity has a subsidiary, the College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited (COPLE). These accounts do not incorporate the subsidiary company, as the results of the subsidiary are immaterial in the context of the group accounts.” — page 40
“At the year-end, College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited owed £7,510 (2024 - £4,054) to the Charity.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Subsidiary owed money
“In addition, the charity has a subsidiary, the College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited (COPLE). These accounts do not incorporate the subsidiary company, as the results of the subsidiary are immaterial in the context of the group accounts.” — page 40
“At the year-end, College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited owed £7,510 (2024 - £4,054) to the Charity.” — page 62
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited
“In addition, the charity has a subsidiary, the College of Paramedics Learning and Education Limited (COPLE).” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

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

Corporate structure

COLLEGE OF PARAMEDICS LEARNING AND EDUCATION LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • A balance of £7,510 was owed to the parent charity, College of Paramedics, at year-end.

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 31/12/2025)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£3.2m
Reserves (reported)
£602k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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).

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
31/12/2025£3.4m£3.2m
31/12/2024£3.0m£2.9m
31/12/2023£2.8m£2.9m
31/12/2022£2.4m£2.5m
31/12/2021£2.1m£2.3m

Common questions

Is COLLEGE OF PARAMEDICS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the College of Paramedics generated a surplus of £144,578 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £3,392,034 and expenditure of £3,247,456. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves amounted to £601,975, and the entity prepared its financial statements on a basis other than going concern due to the transfer of operations to the Royal College of Paramedics on 1 January 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC STUDIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLLEGE OF PARAMEDICS£3.4m——unclear—not going concern
THE COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC STUDIES FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL MEDICAL FOUNDATION OF EPSOM COLLEGE FY2025£41.3m——unclear—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 CHIROPRACTORS FY2025£558k—0below—no doubt

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