BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS

Registered charity 258474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B A D

Promote for the public benefit the research, knowledge, practice and teaching of Dermatology

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

Latest income

£7.5m

Latest spending

£7.3m

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated surplus of £470,394 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £7,537,293 against expenditure of £7,302,136. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stood at £5.2m, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £1.6m required to maintain operations for six to nine months without income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“1 employee earned emoluments between £60,001 and £70,000 during the year (2023: 1), 2 employees between £70,001 and £80,000 (2023: 4), 4 employees between £80,001 and £90,000 (2023: 2), 0 employees between £90,000 and £100,000 (2023: 1) and 1 employee between £100,001 and £110,000 (2023: 0).” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 8

“1 employee earned emoluments between £60,001 and £70,000 during the year (2023: 1), 2 employees between £70,001 and £80,000 (2023: 4), 4 employees between £80,001 and £90,000 (2023: 2), 0 employees between £90,000 and £100,000 (2023: 1) and 1 employee between £100,001 and £110,000 (2023: 0).” — page 26

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six to nine months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £5.2m)

“The Association’s reserves policy is that we have reserves that would allow us to keep functioning for six to nine months if we did not receive any income, this would require a sum of approximately £1.6m.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: The only trustee who receives remuneration is the editor of our official journal, the British Journal of Dermatology (BJD).

“The only trustee who receives remuneration is the editor of our official journal, the British Journal of Dermatology (BJD).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 20

“During the year the charity charged British Association of Dermatologists Biologics Register Limited £95,380 (2023: £81,152) in relation to costs incurred on their behalf during the year. At the balance sheet date £257,859 (2023: £133,847) was owed to the charity. During the year the charity collected income on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists Eczema Register Limited totalling £796,225 (2023: £502,387) and paid costs of their behalf of £754,125 (2023: £469,002). At the balance sheet date £1,152,942 (2023: £833,464) was owed by the charity.” — page 37

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: British Association of Dermatologists Biologics Register Limited, British Association of Dermatologists Eczema Register Limited

“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity, and its two wholly owned subsidiary, British Association of Dermatologists Biologics Register Limited and British Association of Dermatologists Eczema Register Limited on a line-by-line basis.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RSM UK Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £90,000 - £100,000 (FY2023) to £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of people with chronic urticaria 2021 onlinelibrary.wiley.com · 13/11/2021
British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of people with vitiligo 2021 onlinelibrary.wiley.com · 23/06/2021
British Association of Dermatologists guidelines for the management of people with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma 2020* onlinelibrary.wiley.com · 04/11/2020
British Association of Dermatologists' guidelines for the management of Stevens–Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis in children and young people, 2018 onlinelibrary.wiley.com · 04/03/2019
2018 Guidelines on generalised pruritus by British Association of Dermatologists speciality.medicaldialogues.in · 05/10/2018

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

British Association of Dermatologists — “A post-doctoral data analyst is embedded within NDRS, funded by the BAD, to develop and complete selected projects.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£7.5m

Total spending

£7.3m

Cost of raising funds

£7k

Reserves (reported)

£13.1m

Employees

46

Reported reserves equal ~21.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Anshoo Sahota
Dr Bjorn Thomas
Dr Elizabeth Mcmullen
Dr Emma McMullen
Dr Graham Johnston
Dr Harriet O'Neill
Dr Helen Frow
Dr Inge Kreuser-Genis
Dr Manpreet Sagoo
Dr Nasim Rouhani
Dr Pamela Todd
Dr Paula Beattie
Dr Richard Goodwin
Dr Saul Halpern
Dr Sharmela Darne
Dr Simon Tso
Dr Stephen Keohane
Dr Sura Sahib
Dr Tamara Griffiths · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Victoria Swale
Professor John Lear
Professor John McGrath
Professor Minal Singh
Professor Viktoria Eleftheriadou

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£7.5m	£7.3m
31/12/2023	£6.7m	£7.0m
31/12/2022	£7.2m	£6.1m
31/12/2021	£5.4m	£5.1m
31/12/2020	£4.2m	£3.9m

Common questions

Is BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated surplus of £470,394 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £7,537,293 against expenditure of £7,302,136. Per the trustees' report, general reserves stood at £5.2m, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of approximately £1.6m required to maintain operations for six to nine months without income. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by RSM UK Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band, and 8 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS as a grant recipient include THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	FY2024	£5k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k
BJU INTERNATIONAL	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED income £2.3m
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £13.4m
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY income £5.4m
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY income £176k
The Gemmological Association of Great Britain income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS	£7.5m	£100,001 - £110,000	8	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED FY2024	£2.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024	£13.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY FY2025	£5.4m	—	0	above	0.0%	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DAY SURGERY FY2024	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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