The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Analysis

The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surgeons of England. It was registered in February 2007, 19 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 05962281). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £778k to £1.4m (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Africa Advocacy Foundation (£1.4m), Sporting Equals (£1.4m) and Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Leeds) UK (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, trading 18% and donations and legacies 14%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £283k. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.