Preoperative Association

Analysis

Preoperative Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in November 2022, 4 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Preoperative Association reported income of £122k and spending of £136k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2026, income fell from £197k to £122k (-38%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Preoperative Association sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Bread (£122k), The League of Friends of the Ripley Hospital (£122k) and Partington Theatre Club Limited (£122k).