British Orthopaedic Association

Analysis

British Orthopaedic Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03482958). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Orthopaedic Association reported income of £3.4m and spending of £3.4m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.1m to £3.4m (+6.8%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. 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, British Orthopaedic Association sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Harlow Health Centres Trust Limited (£3.4m), East Kent Mencap (£3.4m) and 1610 Limited (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 3.4% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 3.5%. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.