ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
Registered charity 1185329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Please see the Report of the Trustees
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 35.2% to £27.0 million, while total expenditure rose by 30.8% to £24.8 million, resulting in a net income before investment gains of £2.3 million. The charity holds £21.5 million in total funds, with unrestricted reserves of £13.2 million, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to manage significant business risks and cover potential restructuring costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities (72% of income)
“Total incoming resources for 2024/25 were £27.0 million of which £24.6 million was received from charitable activities”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £3.7 million (held: £13.2m)
“At its meeting on 12 June 2025 the Finance Committee approved an uplift to the target minimum level of reserves, in terms of General Fund resources to £3.7 million”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Directors of the trading subsidiary are the Treasurer, the Executive Director of the Academy, the Academy’s Director of Communications and one independent Director.
“The Directors of the trading subsidiary are the Treasurer, the Executive Director of the Academy, the Academy’s Director of Communications and one independent Director.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Academy of Medical Sciences Trading Limited
“The Academy has a wholly owned subsidiary company, Academy of Medical Sciences Trading Limited, which was incorporated in England and Wales on 25 February 2010 with registered number 07170258.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£605k
Reserves (reported)
£13.2m
Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- PROFESSOR DAVID JOHN BURN
- Professor Alan Keith Boyd
- Professor Andrew David Morris
- Professor Catherine Williamson
- Professor David Adams
- Professor David Roblin
- Professor Deborah Ashby
- Professor Guy Edward Thwaites
- Professor Helen Irene McShane FMedSci
- Professor James Henderson Naismith
- Professor Judith Elizabeth Allen
- Professor Jugnoo Sangeeta Rahi FMedSci
- Professor Michael G Hanna FMedSci
- Professor Peter JM Openshaw
- Professor Philippa TK Saunders
- Professor Rosalind Louise Smyth CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
- Professor Shakila Thangaratinam FMedSci · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Sheena Elizabeth Radford · trustee of 1 other charity
- Professor Sir John Peter Iredale
- Professor Timothy John Aitman
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources increased by 35.2% to £27.0 million, while total expenditure rose by 30.8% to £24.8 million, resulting in a net income before investment gains of £2.3 million. The charity holds £21.5 million in total funds, with unrestricted reserves of £13.2 million, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to manage significant business risks and cover potential restructuring costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.
Who funds ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES as a grant recipient include THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION, BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION, Arthritis UK, Vivensa Foundation, THE HEALTH FOUNDATION.
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