BRITISH THORACIC ONCOLOGY GROUP

Registered charity 1166012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BTOG

To support and educate thoracic oncology healthcare professionals, creating a professional community to exchange ideas, information and innovation and to foster the development of research. The overall aim is to represent the needs of people with thoracic malignancies in the UK and ensure they have equitable access to optimal care.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £1,696,222, resulting in a net surplus of £172,212 for the year. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £717,389, which the trustees acknowledge is significantly below their long-term target level. The trustees are considering measures to build up these reserves while maintaining adequate resources for operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Newby Castleman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09816385

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.

• ROBERTS, Nicholas Elis Vaughan — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• BEATTIE, Vanessa — director, appointed 26/11/2024on trustee list
• FENEMORE, Jacqueline — director, appointed 18/11/2024on trustee list
• FAIVRE-FINN, Corinne, Professor — director, appointed 14/11/2024on trustee list
• TALBOT, Denis — director, appointed 17/05/2020on trustee list
• PEAKE, Michael David, Professor — director, appointed 08/10/2015not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

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: Other trading activities (65% 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denis Talbot
• Jacqueline Fenemore
• Karen Lisa Chadwick
• Nicholas Roberts
• Professor Corinne Faivre-Finn
• Professor Michael Peake OBE · trustee of 3 other charities
• Vanessa Beattie

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY.

• THE BRITISH THORACIC SOCIETY income £3.2m
• THE SOCIETY FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND income £1.1m
• EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS income £1.8m
• BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
• THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CARDIO-THORACIC SURGERY income £6.1m
• THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k

Side by side with its peers

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