The Royal Surgical Aid Society

Analysis

The Royal Surgical Aid Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1964, 62 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 00515174). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Surgical Aid Society reported income of £278k and spending of £1.3m, spending 471% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £618k to £278k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 366% 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 Royal Surgical Aid Society sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merseyside Domestic Violence Service Ltd (£278k), Excel Women's Association (£278k) and Whittington Park Community Association (£278k).

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.