The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery

Analysis

The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00522061). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery reported income of £2.6m and spending of £3.0m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £2.6m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Torah Vodaas Limited (£2.6m), Bedford School Foundation Trust (£2.7m) and Equality Now (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 67%, investments 23% and trading 8.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £13.2m would cover about 53 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.