The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians

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The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 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. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £478k to £1.0m (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include AFC Wimbledon Foundation (£1.0m), Dementia Concern (£1.0m) and Guru Nanak Sikh Temple,sedgley Street,wolverhampton UK (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 4.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £460k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.