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INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ETHICS

Registered charity 261876 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON MEDICAL GROUP, SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MEDICAL ETHICS

TO EDUCATE BY MEANS OF LECTURES, CONFERENCES AND ANY OTHER SUITABLE METHOD THOSE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM CONCERNED IN ANY WAY WITH THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF MEDICINE AND APPRECIATION OF THE ART OF HEALING MEN AND WOMEN IN MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT AND MORE PARTICULARLY INVOLVING STUDY OF THE RELATION AND INTERACTION OF MEDICINE, WITH ETHICS RELIGION PHILOSOPHY LAWS AND SOCIOLOGY.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£331k
Latest spending
£292k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £1,194,100 at the year end, which the members regard as adequate to fund development activities despite uncertain future income from publications and investments. The charity reported a net surplus of £109,882 for the year, an increase from the previous year's surplus of £33,287. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would cause concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The principal funding source of the Institute is from the partner share of the journals Medical Humanities and Journal of Medical Ethics.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: adequate reserves to enable the Institute to meet any unforeseen costs or to cover any shortfall in expected income (held: £1.2m)
“It is the Governing Body's policy to maintain adequate reserves to enable the Institute to meet any unforeseen costs or to cover any shortfall in expected income.” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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
31/12/2024£331k£292k
31/12/2023£325k£252k
31/12/2022£260k£282k
31/12/2021£388k£155k
31/12/2020£253k£178k

Common questions

Is INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ETHICS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves amounted to £1,194,100 at the year end, which the members regard as adequate to fund development activities despite uncertain future income from publications and investments. The charity reported a net surplus of £109,882 for the year, an increase from the previous year's surplus of £33,287. The financial statements were subject to independent examination rather than audit, with no matters coming to the examiner's attention that would cause concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS1£100k
CITY CHURCH ( CAMBRIDGE )1£72k
KINGSGATE CHURCH TRUST1£59k
LIFE CHURCH (CENTRAL ENGLAND)1£54k
AYLSHAM COMMUNITY CHURCH1£24k
Y.M.E.R. CIO1£9k
NEW LIFE CHURCH (NORTH LONDON)1£6k
ANPRIDE LIMITED1£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MEDICAL INSTITUTE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ETHICS£331k—0above—no doubt
THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MEDICAL INSTITUTE LIMITED FY2025£474k—0within—no doubt
RELATIONAL MISSION FY2024£431k—0above—no doubt
THE LISTER INSTITUTE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE FY2025£694k—0unclear—no doubt
KUPAT YISMACH LEV FY2025£363k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING AND ESTATE MANAGEMENT FY2024£1.2m—2above—no doubt

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