THE SOCIETY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE

Registered charity 802164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S O M, SOM, THE SOCIETY OF ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE

The Society of Orthopaedic Medicine was established "for the benefit of the public in relieving sickness by promoting and advancing the use, study and science of orthopaedic medicine and by providing facilities for treatment, education, study and research therein".

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN RELIEVING SICKNESS BY PROMOTING AND ADVANCING THE USE STUDY AND SCIENCE OF ORTHOPAEDIC MEDICINE AND BY PROVIDING FACILIES FOR TREATMENT EDUCATION STUDY AND RESEARCH THEREIN. TH USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH SHALL BE DISSEMINATED.

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.

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

Latest income

£282k

Latest spending

£274k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net gain of £19,440, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £159,655. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £159,655 exceed the stated target based on annual expenditure of approximately £274,289. The charity is not dependent on external funding for its immediate continuity, as evidenced by the independent examiner's confirmation that no matters caused concern regarding the going concern status or compliance.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £160k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Nick Worthchair
Dr DUNCAN ANDREW REID
Dr GORDON CAMERON
Jonathan Paul Smith
Judith Neilson
Leonard Entwistle

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£282k	£274k
31/12/2023	£249k	£262k
31/12/2022	£214k	£256k
31/12/2021	£242k	£251k
31/12/2020	£125k	£179k

Common questions

Is THE SOCIETY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net gain of £19,440, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £159,655. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £159,655 exceed the stated target based on annual expenditure of approximately £274,289. The charity is not dependent on external funding for its immediate continuity, as evidenced by the independent examiner's confirmation that no matters caused concern regarding the going concern status or compliance. 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
ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH UK	1	£110k
Arthritis UK	1	£50k
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TO THE ROBERT JONES & AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL	1	£24k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£15k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£8k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE LIMITED.

THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE LIMITED income £319k
AOUK & I income £278k
YORK MEDICAL SOCIETY income £135k
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION income £3.2m
Royal Orthopaedic Charity income £157k
ANATOMICAL SOCIETY income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE SOCIETY OF MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE	£282k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE LIMITED FY2025	£319k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AOUK & I FY2024	£278k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YORK MEDICAL SOCIETY FY2025	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION FY2024	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
Royal Orthopaedic Charity FY2025	£157k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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