Difficult Airway Society

Analysis

Difficult Airway Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 June 2025, Difficult Airway Society reported income of £185k and spending of £144k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £95k to £185k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Difficult Airway Society sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wight Aid Foundation (£185k), British Association for Cancer Research (£185k) and The Good Soil Trust (£185k).