BJU INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 289273 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY

The charity's main objectives are the advancement and improvement of education in urology, men's health and related areas and the diffusion of knowledge of new and improved methods of teaching and practising urology, men's health and related areas. Activities include publishing BJU International and other scientific and learned works and other educational activity.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN UROLOGY AND THE PUBLICATION OF BRITISH JOURNAL OF UROLOGY AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC WORKS

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £87,078 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a net movement in funds of £40,159 after investment losses. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,921,152, which exceeds the stated policy target of £1.1M–1.7M, providing a buffer against expected subscription income declines. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01793312

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.

• LAWRENTSCHUK, Nathan, Professor — director, appointed 03/02/2026on trustee list
• CHALWE, Mumba, Dr — director, appointed 28/03/2025on trustee list
• ITAM, Sarah, Dr — director, appointed 11/07/2024on trustee list
• DUGGAN, Brian — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• TRAN, Maxine — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Andrew, Dr — director, appointed 27/01/2022on trustee list
• MARK, Stephen, Dr — director, appointed 31/07/2021on trustee list
• JAIN, Sunjay Kumar — director, appointed 12/07/2021on trustee list
• CHU, Peggy, Dr — director, appointed 24/06/2019on trustee list
• MCGRATH, John — director, appointed 25/06/2018on trustee list
• MCNEILL, Alan — director, appointed 16/10/2014on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £1.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~32.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angus Parker
• Brian Duggan
• Dr Andrew Robinson
• Dr Mumba Chalwe
• Dr Peggy Sau-Kwan CHU
• Dr SARAH ITAM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Stephen Mark
• John Samuel McGrath
• Maxine Tran
• Professor Nathan Lawrentschuk
• Stuart Alan McNeill
• Sunjay Jain

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES.

• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL NURSES income £531k
• THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF UROLOGICAL SURGEONS LIMITED income £2.4m
• BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC UROLOGISTS income £61k
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGENITAL RADIOLOGY income £134k
• THE UROLOGY FOUNDATION income £1.0m
• BRITISH SOCIETY OF UROGYNAECOLOGY income £150k

Side by side with its peers

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