THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS

Registered charity 1175257 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Association's objectives are to advance education of paediatric surgery through research, publishing useful results in the public domain, and fostering professional relations with surgeons overseas. We hold scientific meetings and fund several Research Fellows, as well as hosting sub-speciality discussion groups, and our surgeons run overseas skills courses in LMICs as well as in the UK.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AND BY FOSTERING PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS WITH PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£348k

Latest spending

£330k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,354 before investment gains, with total funds increasing to £1,005,404. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting approximately £300,000, noting that free reserves excluding designated funds were £154,049. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis 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: approximately 12 months of expenditure (or about £300,000) (held: £154k)

“The Trustees' policy is to retain sufficient unrestricted reserves to meet its obligations and to ensure financial stability. The Executive Committee consider approximately 12 months of expenditure (or about £300,000) to be the appropriate level to comply with the stated policy” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 09651049

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

SALTS Healthcare — “Registration is OPEN! Supported and sponsored by SALTS Healthcare” (source page)

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.

CURRY, Joseph — director, appointed 24/06/2025not on trustee list
WALKER, Gregor — director, appointed 24/06/2025not on trustee list
MCDONALD, Alexander — director, appointed 01/04/2023not on trustee list
MARVEN, Sean — director, appointed 03/03/2022on trustee list
REES, Clare — director, appointed 02/03/2022on trustee list
MEADEN, Catherine Amanda — secretary, appointed 22/06/2015

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (13/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alexander Macdonald · trustee of 1 other charity
Dina Fouad · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Clare Rees · trustee of 2 other charities
Gregor Walker · trustee of 1 other charity
James Andrews · trustee of 1 other charity
Joseph Curry
Kathryn Ford · trustee of 1 other charity
Sean Marven · trustee of 2 other charities

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
31/12/2025	£348k	£330k
31/12/2024	£415k	£328k
31/12/2023	£335k	£336k
31/12/2022	£278k	£385k
21/12/2021	£168k	£153k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £17,354 before investment gains, with total funds increasing to £1,005,404. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting approximately £300,000, noting that free reserves excluding designated funds were £154,049. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS income £29k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS income £61k
BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION income £1.3m
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL SURGEONS income £445k
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SURGERY OF THE KNEE income £150k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC DENTISTRY income £175k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS	£348k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS FY2025	£29k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS FY2025	£61k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF ORAL SURGEONS FY2025	£445k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR SURGERY OF THE KNEE FY2025	£150k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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