BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF BODY SCULPTING

Registered charity 1177640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity are to educate the public in health and lifestyle choices, protection of practitioners and education and medical professionals.

Objects

THE ASSOCIATION’S OBJECTS ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH BY A) DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ETHICAL CONDUCT IN THE PRACTICE OF BODY SCULPTING B) FURTHERING INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN RELATION TO BODY SCULPTING C) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO BODY SCULPTING ‘BODY SCULPTING’ MEANS BODY SCULPTING SURGERY, A MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT OF BODY CONTOURS USING SPECIALISED TECHNOLOGIES CARRIED OUT BY MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTERED WITH, AND LICENSED TO PRACTISE BY, THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL.

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: Babergh, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£39k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £16,391 to £9,174 due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain that reserves are at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities. The charity reported no employees during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £9k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2024 (received 30/01/2026, 214 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 30/01/2026, 579 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 28/02/2022 (received 10/01/2023, 13 days after the 28/12/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
31/08/2025£32k£39k
31/08/2024£15k£5k
31/08/2023£26k£27k
28/02/2022£16k£12k
28/02/2021£2k£7k

Common questions

Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF BODY SCULPTING financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £16,391 to £9,174 due to expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain that reserves are at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to continue activities. The charity reported no employees during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF BODY SCULPTING£32k—0within—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PLAY THERAPISTS FY2025£93k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SPINE SURGEONS FY2025£96k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FY2025£1.6m£80,001 - £90,0001within—no doubt
BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR INTERVENTION SOCIETY FY2025£484k—0above—no doubt

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