Operational Research Society Limited

Analysis

Operational Research Society Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1968, 58 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 00663819). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Operational Research Society Limited reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.5m (+7.8%), an average of +1.9% 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, Operational Research Society Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Lives UK (£1.5m), Victoria College Limited (£1.5m) and Lancaster Training Services Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 2.5%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £282k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 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.