ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
Arranging an Annual Meeting at which the highest quality scientific research in medical practice is presented and discussed. To promote medical research within UK and Ireland. To promote medical research and education internationally. To produce jointly a scientific journal, the Quarterly Journal of Medicine.
Objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £805,826, which the Trustees state are maintained to support three years of normal annual expenditure. The accounts confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity generated a net expenditure of £3,518 for the year, supported by a net gain on investments of £37,231.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees have a policy of ensuring that the reserves of the Association are maintained approximately at a level to support the current normal annual expenditure without further income over a three year period.” — page 6
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls 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
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 12
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Grant-making is its main activity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 03/11/2023, 3 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).
Trustees
- Professor Christopher Day
- Professor Claire Louise Johnson Shovlin
- Professor Elizabeth Sapey
- Professor Julian Charles Knight
- Professor Richard Trembath
- Professor Sharon Peacock
- Professor Sinead Maire Langan
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £270k | £311k |
| 31/12/2024 | £260k | £350k |
| 31/12/2023 | £241k | £326k |
| 31/12/2022 | £255k | £320k |
| 31/12/2021 | £231k | £198k |
Common questions
Is ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £805,826, which the Trustees state are maintained to support three years of normal annual expenditure. The accounts confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity generated a net expenditure of £3,518 for the year, supported by a net gain on investments of £37,231. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ILEOSTOMY AND INTERNAL POUCH ASSOCIATION | 1 | £10k |
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- THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | £270k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ASSOCIATION FOR PALLIATIVE MEDICINE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | £483k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| THE PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | £835k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE ASSOCIATION OF COLOPROCTOLOGY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND | £1.4m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND) | £8.7m | £150,001 - £160,000 | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON | £46.3m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |