Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland

Analysis

Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2002, 24 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 makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland reported income of £506k and spending of £430k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £256k to £506k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hull and East Yorkshire Counselling Limited (£506k), Kintsugi Hope (£506k) and The Gordon Sanders Charitable Foundation (£506k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62% and trading 38%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £800k would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.