British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Analysis

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04443910). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.3m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £2.6m to £2.7m (+4.5%), an average of +1.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 Wolverhampton Wanderers Foundation (£2.7m), Humanity First UK (£2.7m) and The Jephcott Charitable Trust (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 6.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £9.3m would cover about 47 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.