THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS

Registered charity 211540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the College are to advance the science and practice of Clinical Radiology and Clinical Oncology.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£15.2m
Latest spending
£14.9m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an operating surplus of £0.4m and unrestricted funds closed at £6.9m. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £180,001 - £190,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £130k)
“In the band £180,000 to £189,999” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £6.9m; policy: five months of operating expenses)
“Based upon annual general fund expenditure, the current level is circa 4.9 months of cover compared with the policy threshold of 5.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: RCR Education Ltd
“The trading subsidiary is RCR Education Ltd, 13941872, a wholly owned subsidiary of the RCR” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Corporate structure

RCR EDUCATION LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £3.4m
  • Profit before tax: £586k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £170k
  • Debtors include an amount of £2,185k due from the Royal College of Radiologists (Note 9).
“Gift aid payment to parent charity”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £2.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£15.2m
Total spending
£14.9m
Reserves (reported)
£5.0m
Employees
118

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (75% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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
31/12/2025£15.2m£14.9m
31/12/2024£13.2m£13.6m
31/12/2023£11.6m£12.6m
31/12/2022£9.1m£10.9m
31/12/2021£7.8m£9.0m

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported an operating surplus of £0.4m and unrestricted funds closed at £6.9m. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £180,001 - £190,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government27/03/2025£441kOncology Medical Workforce Grant 2024-25

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 ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGISTS£15.2m£180,001 - £190,000—below—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS FY2025£53.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF RADIOGRAPHERS FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC FY2025£41.1m——unclear—no doubt
RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CONGRESSES FY2025£949k—0above—no doubt
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS FY2024£20.5m——unclear—no doubt

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