FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 263894 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FACULTY OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE, JOINT FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, JOINT FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

To promote the advancement of education in public health, to develop public health with a view to maintaining the highest possible standards of professional competence and practice and to act as an authoritative body for the purpose of consultation in matters of educational or public interest concerning public health

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Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £181,587 before investment gains, with total unrestricted reserves of £2,425,290, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial solvency. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by adequate cash and investment levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 6 months normal operational expenditure (held: £2.4m)
“We continue to aim to maintain reserves of at least 6 months normal operational expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£3.0m
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~15.5 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 (98% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (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£2.5m£2.3m
31/12/2024£2.3m£2.1m
31/12/2023£2.3m£2.1m
31/12/2022£2.1m£2.0m
31/12/2021£2.1m£1.7m

Common questions

Is FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an unrestricted surplus of £181,587 before investment gains, with total unrestricted reserves of £2,425,290, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain financial solvency. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by adequate cash and investment levels. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

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
GAMBLEAWARE1£351k
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FACULTY OF PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2024£2.2m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON FY2024£44.4m——above—no doubt
Centre for Public Impact Europe FY2024£3.0m——within—no doubt
BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025£9.9m£120,001 - £130,000—above—no doubt
THE COMMONWEALTH PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.7m£60,001 - £70,0002unclear—no doubt

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