Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Analysis

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1962, 64 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 makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists reported income of £20.5m and spending of £20.7m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21.0m to £20.5m (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hollybank Trust (£20.2m), The Rosalind Franklin Institute (£20.6m) and St Peter's Hospice (£20.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 7.9%, donations and legacies 2.2% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £350k. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £8.6m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 183 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.