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The British Association of Critical Care Nurses

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1102030Newcastle Upon TyneHealth and saving lives
Income£289k2025-12-31
Spending£178ksame year
Spent / received69%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2004Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The British Association of Critical Care Nurses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04261320). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Association of Critical Care Nurses reported income of £289k and spending of £178k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £184k to £289k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 British Association of Critical Care Nurses sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Horizons Mental Health (£289k), Refugease (£289k) and Kissing It Better (£289k).

Income and spending

£0£78k£155k£233k£310k2021 Income: £184,0402021 Spending: £142,35120212022 Income: £170,5112022 Spending: £161,34520222023 Income: £218,3572023 Spending: £154,69120232024 Income: £310,4602024 Spending: £175,33420242025 Income: £288,7822025 Spending: £177,8632025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

We aim to:? Provide a National voice to shape the strategy for critical care nursing;? Promote safe, quality evidence based nursing care to the critically ill patient; and? Provide wide ranging benefits and opportunities to BACCN members.

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