General Osteopathic Council

Analysis

General Osteopathic Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2017, 9 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. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, General Osteopathic Council reported income of £3.2m and spending of £3.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.9m to £3.2m (+11%), an average of +2.7% 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, General Osteopathic Council sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Beit Trust (£3.2m), The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (£3.2m) and The City Hospice Trust Limited (£3.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.2m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 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.