The College of Osteopaths

Analysis

The College of Osteopaths is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnet. It was registered in December 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03631445). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2024, The College of Osteopaths reported income of £842k and spending of £1.1m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2024, income fell from £974k to £842k (-14%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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 College of Osteopaths sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J J Charitable Trust (£842k), Time to Help (UK) (£844k) and Fairy Bricks (£842k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £243k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.

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