BRITISH SCOLIOSIS SOCIETY

Registered charity 1200779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The British Scoliosis Society aims to advance the treatment of patients with spinal deformity. This is achieved via scientific education of healthcare professionals and the public, and support of appropriate research in the field

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, INCLUDING BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE FOLLOWING:(A) THE PROVISION OF A FORUM FOR THE STUDY AND DISCUSSION OF THE ORIGIN, NATURAL HISTORY AND TREATMENT OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND DISORDERS;(B) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND DISORDERS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AMONGST THE PUBLIC, MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONALS AS TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHODS OF RECOGNISING, PREVENTING, TREATING AND/OR MANAGING SPINAL DEFORMITIES AND DISORDERS.

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

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Latest income

£59k

Latest spending

£9k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £373,886, which is in excess of the charity's stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £49,284 for the year, having received £58,699 in income against £9,415 in expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (73% of income)

“Charitable activities 42,772”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

NIHR — “The BSS supports the multi-centre NIHR funded Bracing Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (BASIS) study of night-time v full-time bracing in ado…” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Adrian Gardner
David Fender
Edward James Bayley
Lee Breakwell
Neil Jeffrey Oxborrow
Vinay Jasani · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£59k	£9k
31/12/2023	£75k	£23k

Common questions

Is BRITISH SCOLIOSIS SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves totalled £373,886, which is in excess of the charity's stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £49,284 for the year, having received £58,699 in income against £9,415 in expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.