INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE (UK) LIMITED

Registered charity 274066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICOM

College for training acupuncture. Acupuncture clinic for treating patients.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Latest income

£352k

Latest spending

£358k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the audit opinion is anticipated to be unqualified, with satisfactory results for revenue recognition, management override, and going concern assessments. The trustees' report highlights several internal control weaknesses, including issues with payment authorisation and record-keeping, but notes that misstatements found were not material to the financial statements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01315642

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The International College of Oriental Medicine (matched by registered charity number).

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.

LANGLEY, Danielle — director, appointed 27/02/2026on trustee list
MARKS, Paul William — director, appointed 19/02/2025on trustee list
INGS, Thomas Owen William — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
SUMAR, Salim, Dr — director, appointed 13/12/2023on trustee list
MAJOR, Sarah Lesley — director, appointed 17/11/2021on trustee list
ELLIOTT, Robert James — director, appointed 27/07/2018on trustee list
GUNTER, Ann Marie — secretary, appointed 24/02/2021

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Sarah Majorchair
Danielle Langley
Dr Salim Sumar
Paul Marks
Robert Elliott
THOMAS OWEN WILLIAM INGS

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£352k	£358k
31/08/2024	£401k	£296k
31/08/2023	£305k	£280k
31/08/2022	£272k	£264k
31/08/2021	£336k	£277k

Common questions

Is INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE (UK) LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the audit opinion is anticipated to be unqualified, with satisfactory results for revenue recognition, management override, and going concern assessments. The trustees' report highlights several internal control weaknesses, including issues with payment authorisation and record-keeping, but notes that misstatements found were not material to the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.

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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF UNITARIAN AND FREE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHERN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE.

NORTHERN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE income £1.2m
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS income £558k
ST HILDA'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD income £16.0m
OAKHYRST GRANGE SCHOOL CIO income £1.8m
BRITISH MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE SOCIETY income £412k
UNITARIAN COLLEGE income £128k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE (UK) LIMITED	£352k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHERN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE FY2025	£1.2m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS FY2025	£558k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ST HILDA'S COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD FY2025	£16.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OAKHYRST GRANGE SCHOOL CIO FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE SOCIETY FY2024	£412k	£100,001 - £110,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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