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ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND)

Registered charity 293575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AAGBI FOUNDATION, ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC040697 (OSCR)

Improved patient care and safety mainly through education and research into anaesthesia and allied specialties.

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

Latest income
£8.7m
Latest spending
£7.7m
Registered
1986
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free general funds of £10.59m are within the trustees' target reserves range of £10.55m-£12.31m. The charity reported a net income of £994k for the 18-month period, supported by significant legacy donations and income from the AAGBI. The auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £150,001 - £160,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“£150,000 - £159,999 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (45% of income)
“Income from donations and legacies was £3.94m” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 18-21 months of budgeted operating expenditure (held: £10.6m)
“trustees have set a target range of unrestricted free general reserves of £10.55m-£12.31m, based on 18-21 months of budgeted operating expenditure.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Association of Anaesthetists Enterprises Limited
“On 26 March 2025 the charity established a wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Association of Anaesthetists Enterprises Limited” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Association of Anaesthetists (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

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

Total income
£8.7m
Total spending
£7.7m
Cost of raising funds
£71k
Reserves (reported)
£10.6m
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~16.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.8% 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: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£8.7m£7.7m
31/03/2024£4.8m£4.9m
31/03/2023£4.6m£4.9m
31/03/2022£4.0m£4.1m
31/03/2021£3.9m£3.4m

Common questions

Is ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free general funds of £10.59m are within the trustees' target reserves range of £10.55m-£12.31m. The charity reported a net income of £994k for the 18-month period, supported by significant legacy donations and income from the AAGBI. The auditors confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND) earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £150,001 - £160,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund02/02/2024£10k"Building a Connected Community"
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2005£5kExhibition of Anaesthetists

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ROSETREES1£120k
GLOBAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS1£63k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION1£53k
DINWOODIE CHARITABLE COMPANY1£34k
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£20k
OBSTETRICS ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION1£20k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST1£11k
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES1£7k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHETISTS (GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND)£8.7m£150,001 - £160,000—unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS FY2025£28.6m——above—no doubt
THE WORLD FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS (UK) FY2025£207k—0unclear—no doubt
OBSTETRICS ANAESTHETISTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£835k—0unclear—no doubt
A.P.A.G.B.I. LIMITED FY2024£244k—0unclear—no doubt
MERSEY SCHOOL OF ANAESTHESIA FY2025£418k—0unclear—no doubt

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