THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS

Registered charity 207823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROSPA · also registered in Scotland as SC039289 (OSCR)

RoSPA's vision is Life, free from accidental injury. Our mission is: Exchanging life-enhancing skills and knowledge to reduce serious accidental injuries. The Society collects data, carries out research, develops policies, informs, educates, audits and provides expert consultancy at work, at leisure, on the road and in the home by influencing, informing and developing risk education.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,565k for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by a £1.0m revenue cost from its 'Project Vigour' system transformation and a decline in training income. Free reserves fell to £1,663k, which the trustees note is below their stated good practice target of six months' operating expenditure, though they remain committed to rebuilding reserves from 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00231435
• Trading subsidiary: ROSPA ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 03021397

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.

• SMITH, Naomi — director, appointed 12/09/2024on trustee list
• MCRUDDEN, Paul — director, appointed 03/04/2024on trustee list
• AUGUSTIN, Kizzy — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
• WATSON, Michael Craig, Dr — director, appointed 19/04/2023on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Brian John — director, appointed 31/03/2023on trustee list
• KIRK, Stephen Alexander — director, appointed 13/09/2019on trustee list
• PARKER, Michael David — director, appointed 13/11/2009not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 13.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Johnson
• Dr Michael Watson
• Kizzy Augustin
• MICHAEL DAVID PARKER CBE
• Naomi Smith
• Paul McRudden
• Stephen Alexander Kirk · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST.

• THE CHILD ACCIDENT PREVENTION TRUST income £329k
• BRITISH SAFETY COUNCIL income £11.6m
• THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS LIMITED income £6.5m
• THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m
• RSA (THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE) income £12.6m
• ROADSAFE income £889k

Side by side with its peers

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