THE CLINICAL GENETICS SOCIETY

Registered charity 274959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C G S

To advance and promote the science, education and practice of clinical genetics by workers who have the common interest to understand, prevent, cure and allieviate conditions with a genetic aetiology.

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE SCIENCE AND MEDICAL PRACTICE OF CLINICAL GENETICS. FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY IT WILL BRING TOGETHER PERSONS WHO HAVE A COMMON INTEREST IN CLINICAL GENETICS, SO THAT THEY MAY BE AIDED IN THEIR JOINT ENDEAVOURS TO DIAGNOSE, UNDERSTAND, PREVENT, ALLEVIATE AND CURE CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AND CONDITIONS WITH A GENETIC AETIOLOGY. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE AIMS, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE SOCIETY MAY PUBLISH AND DISSEMINATE REPORTS, STATEMENTS, AND RESEARCH FINDINGS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£20k

Registered

1975

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Clinical Genetics Society held unrestricted cash funds of £92,253 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of a working reserve of over £60,000. The charity reported total receipts of £97,747 and total payments of £20,302, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The accounts do not disclose any material uncertainties or going concern issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a working reserve of over £60,000 (reserves figure: £92k)

“The Trustees feel that we need a working reserve of over £60,000 to protect the interests of the society and to continue to operate the activities and meetings that CGS promote.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 15

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Fiona Lalloo
Dr Ian Harold Ellis
Dr Meena Balasubramanium
Dr Mohnish Suri
Dr Sarah Bowdin

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£27k	£20k
31/12/2024	£81k	£98k
31/12/2023	£56k	£23k
31/12/2022	£11k	£23k
31/12/2021	£18k	£2k

Common questions

Is THE CLINICAL GENETICS SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Clinical Genetics Society held unrestricted cash funds of £92,253 at the end of the period, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of a working reserve of over £60,000. The charity reported total receipts of £97,747 and total payments of £20,302, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The accounts do not disclose any material uncertainties or going concern issues. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DR RADCLIFFE'S TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE income £57k
CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK income £128k
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS income £768k
THE GENETICS SOCIETY income £489k
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY income £82k
THE ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGISTS income £389k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CLINICAL GENETICS SOCIETY	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL GENOMIC SCIENCE FY2025	£57k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CANCER RESEARCH AND GENETICS UK FY2025	£128k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS FY2025	£768k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE GENETICS SOCIETY FY2025	£489k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY FY2025	£82k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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