THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
Registered charity 223106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC040430 (OSCR)
The object of the College is:"To encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in general medical practice and for that purpose to take or join with others in taking any steps consistent with the charitable nature of that object which may assist towards the same."Further details can be found in the annual report
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £18.9m, which is within the agreed target range of £12m to £25m (representing 3 to 6 months of operational expenditure). Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £72.7m, and the charity reported a net income of £2.87m for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Membership income (42% of income)
“Membership income 22,617”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Professor Victoria Tzortziou-Brown — President (source)
- Professor Sir Sam Everington — Provost (source)
- Professor Mike Holmes — Chair of the Trustee Board (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)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (42,580 likes) · instagram (18K followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£7.7m
Reserves (reported)
£18.9m
Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% 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: 14.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Prof MICHAEL HOLMES FRCGPchair
- Chris Lake
- Dr Heather Ryan
- Dr Jamie Hynes
- Dr Kirsty Alexander
- Dr Onyinye Okonkwo · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dr Thomas Patel Campbell
- Dr WAQAR AHMED
- Ian Wilson · trustee of 1 other charity
- LOUISE HANSON
- Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown
- Vicky Sandry
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free reserves of £18.9m, which is within the agreed target range of £12m to £25m (representing 3 to 6 months of operational expenditure). Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £72.7m, and the charity reported a net income of £2.87m for the year ended 31 March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS as a grant recipient include GAMBLEAWARE.
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