BCNO LIMITED

Registered charity 312907 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHY AND OSTEOPATHY, BRITISH COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHY AND OSTEOPATHY LIMITED, BRITISH COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE

BCOM provides graduate and postgraduate osteopathic education via an integrated mix of academic and clinical study.The College offers university validated degree courses which are also, where appropriate, professionally accredited by the General Osteopathic Council and the General Council & Register of Naturopaths.

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Latest income

£3.7m

Latest spending

£4.9m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity posted a net operational deficit of £1,183,868 for the year, driven by total expenditure of £4.86m against income of £3.68m. However, the net loss in funds was reduced to £170,212 due to a £1.01m accounting gain from the disposal of the Boxley House campus. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4.98m, representing more than six months of expenditure, which the Board considers appropriate to continue core activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £90,001 - £100,000” — page 35

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: more than 6 months expenditure (held: £5.0m)

“The value of the free reserves represents more than 6 months expenditure, and therefore is considered by the Trustees to be an appropriate sum” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Devan Rajendran, a trustee, is a director of a company from which the charity purchased services.

“Devan Rajenran, a trustee of the charity, is also a director of a company from which the charity purchased services amounting to £255 (2024: £Nil). These transactions were conducted at market rates and on an arm’s length basis, and there were no outstanding balances at the year end.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00562119

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Ian Fraser — Chief Executive Officer (source)

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.

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.

BRIGHT, Philip David, Dr — director, appointed 12/03/2025on trustee list
FIELDING, Simon John — director, appointed 01/03/2023not on trustee list
TASKER, David — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
GODDARD, Nicholas Paul William, Professor — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
MCDERMOTT, Conor Philip — director, appointed 01/09/2021on trustee list
RAJENDRAN, Devan — director, appointed 13/06/2021on trustee list
HAYES, Deborah Mary — director, appointed 24/01/2017on trustee list
MILTON, Simeon Robert — director, appointed 24/01/2017on trustee list
KIDD, Robert Howard — director, appointed 11/11/2006on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £725k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£3.7m

Total spending

£4.9m

Reserves (reported)

£8.2m

Employees

240

Reported reserves equal ~20.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Simon Richard Joneschair
Conor Philip McDermott
Deborah Hayes
Devan Rajendran
Dr Philip David Bright
HOWARD KIDD · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Nicholas Paul William Goddard
Sarah Jane Marshall
Simeon Milton
Simon John Fielding OBE DO

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

Operates in: Belgium · Camden · Denmark · Finland · France · Italy · Kent · Spain

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£3.7m	£4.9m
31/08/2024	£3.9m	£4.7m
31/08/2023	£3.9m	£4.6m
31/08/2022	£4.3m	£4.6m
31/08/2021	£1.4m	£1.5m

Common questions

Is BCNO LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity posted a net operational deficit of £1,183,868 for the year, driven by total expenditure of £4.86m against income of £3.68m. However, the net loss in funds was reduced to £170,212 due to a £1.01m accounting gain from the disposal of the Boxley House campus. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £4.98m, representing more than six months of expenditure, which the Board considers appropriate to continue core activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BCNO LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band.

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 BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY.

LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY income £1.4m
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL income £3.2m
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS income £558k
THE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS income £10.7m
NORTHERN COLLEGE OF ACUPUNCTURE income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BCNO LIMITED	£3.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHY FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GENERAL OSTEOPATHIC COUNCIL FY2026	£3.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS FY2025	£558k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRISTS FY2025	£10.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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