Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health reported income of £21.6m and spending of £22.7m, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £16.4m to £21.6m (+32%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compass - Services to Improve Health and Wellbeing (£21.3m), Douglas Macmillan Hospice (£21.7m) and Thames Hospice (£21.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 6.1%, donations and legacies 5.6% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Reserves of £3.6m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 202 people.