ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS

Registered charity 275119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS LIMITED, ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS LIMITED · also registered in Scotland as SC039573 (OSCR)

The college sets the professional and educational standards for occupational therapy. It provides leadership, guidance and information relating to research and development, education, practice and lifelong learning.

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Latest income
£9.5m
Latest spending
£10.7m
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £6,567,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £6,365,000 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Baker Tilly UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£9.5m
Total spending
£10.7m
Cost of raising funds
£441k
Reserves (reported)
£3.6m
Employees
98

Reported reserves equal ~4.0 months of spending — below the median 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: 4.6% 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: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£9.5m£10.7m
30/09/2024£9.0m£11.1m
30/09/2023£9.0m£11.0m
30/09/2022£8.5m£9.2m
30/09/2021£8.4m£8.7m

Common questions

Is ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves were £6,567,000 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £6,365,000 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baker Tilly UK LLP.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2019£115kWork Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2019)
UK government01/10/2018£54kWork Health Joint Unit External Challenge Fund (2018)

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROYAL COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS£9.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS FY2025£558k—0below—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS FY2025£7.9m——above—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS FY2025£53.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF RADIOGRAPHERS FY2025£2.4m——above—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE FY2024£13.0m£160,001 - £170,000—below—no doubt

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