Royal Osteoporosis Society

Analysis

Royal Osteoporosis Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04995013). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Osteoporosis Society reported income of £6.6m and spending of £5.8m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.3m to £6.6m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Osteoporosis Society sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bowel Cancer UK (£6.6m), Thomas Pocklington Trust (£6.6m) and International Foundation for AIDS to Navigation (£6.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and trading 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4.3m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 28%. Reserves of £5.0m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.