The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom

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The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2009, 17 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 06870644). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.1m (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include YMCA Fairthorne Housing (£2.1m), Nottinghamshire Sexual Violence Support Services Ltd (£2.1m) and The Old Dart Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £314k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.