THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND

Registered charity 268396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity is the dissemination of information as it relates to the Specialty, leading and guiding professional practice, forming a governing body, defining professional competency, promoting continuing professional development and stimulating and supporting research.

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

Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £68,912 for the year, resulting in net assets of £2,162,862. The trustees report that free reserves of £2,162,862 significantly exceed the stated minimum policy target of £361,722, indicating strong liquidity. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Payments to trustees: One trustee received £16,000 in editor fees.

“One trustee was paid editor fee's totalling £16,000 (2024: one trustee was paid editor fees totalling £16,000).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Gravita Audit Oxford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Society for Surgery of the Hand (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£2.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~21.9 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 (89% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Rowan Barnard
CARLOS HERAS-PALOU · trustee of 2 other charities
Chye Yew Ng
Edwin Prashanth Jesudason
Gill Smith
Iain Walter William McGraw
Ian Dougal Russell
Ian McNab
Peter Russell
Robin James Horton
Ryan Trickett
Sameer Gidwani
Sarah Catherine Tucker
Soha Sajid
Sumedh Talwalkar
Wee Leon Lam

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Burma · Cambodia · Ethiopia · Malawi · Nigeria · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Sierra Leone · Sri Lanka · Sudan · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£1.3m	£1.2m
31/05/2024	£1.4m	£1.5m
31/05/2023	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/05/2022	£856k	£967k
31/05/2021	£904k	£865k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £68,912 for the year, resulting in net assets of £2,162,862. The trustees report that free reserves of £2,162,862 significantly exceed the stated minimum policy target of £361,722, indicating strong liquidity. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Gravita Audit Oxford 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.

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY.

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY income £5.4m
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS income £7.5m
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED income £160k
THE BRITISH TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY income £774k
BJS Foundation income £602k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY FOR RHEUMATOLOGY FY2025	£5.4m	—	0	above	0.0%	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS FY2024	£7.5m	£100,001 - £110,000	8	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF HAND THERAPISTS LIMITED FY2025	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY FY2025	£774k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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