BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY

Registered charity 326905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q74557755 · also known as BRITISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY

Support to the provision of the profession & clinical, medical & educational benefits of the practice of Orthoptics. This includes developemnt of professional standards to ensure quality of assessment & treatment & safety to members of the public, research & development of orthoptic techniques. Special interest groups lead on specfic areas of interest with common themes to gather evidence UK wide.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ORTHOPTICS AND COGNATE SUBJECTS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDY AND IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF ORTHOPTICS WITH A VIEW TO MAINTAINING AND RAISING STANDARDS IN CLINICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORTHOPTICS

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.

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Latest income

£773k

Latest spending

£659k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £138,777 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £773,236 and total expenditure of £658,834. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £69,878, which is below the stated policy target of £235,000, though restricted reserves were significantly higher at £974,748.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £70k)

“The Trustees are aware that this is below the stated target and are focused on replenishing these reserves over the coming years.”

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£773k

Total spending

£659k

Reserves (reported)

£70k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Craig Murraychair
Catherine Claire Critchley
Claire McEntee
Elizabeth Shilling · trustee of 1 other charity
Hanish Chauhan
Helen Haggerty
Jennifer Skillen
Julie Dowdney
Matthew Groogan
Sonia MacDiarmid

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 end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£773k	£659k
31/12/2023	£357k	£460k
31/12/2022	£493k	£527k
31/12/2021	£718k	£392k
31/12/2020	£390k	£267k

Common questions

Is BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £138,777 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £773,236 and total expenditure of £658,834. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £69,878, which is below the stated policy target of £235,000, though restricted reserves were significantly higher at £974,748. Its FY2024 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
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.4m
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.9m
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ORAL AND DENTAL RESEARCH income £68k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY income £364k
EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY income £1.7m
BRITISH AND EIRE ASSOCIATION OF VITREORETINAL SURGEONS income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH AND IRISH ORTHOPTIC SOCIETY	£773k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2024	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR ORAL AND DENTAL RESEARCH FY2024	£68k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY FY2026	£364k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
EUROPEAN ORTHODONTIC SOCIETY FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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