ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS
Registered charity 213280 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC041594 (OSCR)
The encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £489K for the year ended December 2024, with total funds standing at £60.5m. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves, amounting to £8.6m, to be within an acceptable margin against a policy target of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity confirmed it has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Related-party transaction: Payments to Council members for honorariums and consultancy services.
“These were payments to Council members as follows; J Plumb £10,000 honorarium as the lead for Women's Voices on the Women's Network & £75 for consultancy services; F El Baz & E Crookes £3,000 & £3,600 respectively as Vice Chair of the Women's Network. E Crookes was also paid £1,318 for consultancy services and exam review services.” — page 56
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: RCOG Trading Limited
“The College owns 100% of RCOG Trading Limited (Company no: 04495641), whose main activities include the hire of facilities owned by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the provision of catering.” — page 59
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dr Alison Wright — President (source)
- Dr Sherif Abdel-Fattah — Vice President for Global Health (source)
- Dr Jenny Barber — Vice President for Clinical Quality (source)
- Mr Sujeewa Fernando — Vice President for Workforce (source)
- Mr Andrew Leather — Vice President for Membership (source)
- Miss Melanie Kate Tipples — Vice President for Education (source)
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)
7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (7 freehold); recorded price paid £36.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£385k
Reserves (reported)
£50.6m
Reported reserves equal ~29.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (14/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Baroness Tessa Ann Vosper Blackstonechair
- Alastair McKelvey
- Andrew Thomas Leather
- Dr Alison Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr John Heathcote
- Dr Sherif Abdel-Fattah
- Leila Penelope Pilgrim
- Noah Franklin
- Professsor Steven Thornton
- Roy Frederick Clarke
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Anguilla · Antigua And Barbuda · Argentina · Australia · Austria · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belgium · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £489K for the year ended December 2024, with total funds standing at £60.5m. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves, amounting to £8.6m, to be within an acceptable margin against a policy target of three to six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity confirmed it has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
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