The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited

Analysis

The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Durham. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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 00779644). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited reported income of £574k and spending of £735k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £580k to £574k (-1.0%), an average of -0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Limited sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Buffini Chao Foundation (£574k), Watford Women's Centre (£575k) and Hillingdon Community Transport Limited (£573k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 4.8%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £142k. Reserves of £960k would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate.

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.