The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

Analysis

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03166361). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.5m (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Link - Stafford and District (£1.5m), Manchester Action on Street Health (£1.5m) and Endometriosis UK (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.