British Society for Investigative Dermatology

Analysis

British Society for Investigative Dermatology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1984, 42 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 provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Society for Investigative Dermatology reported income of £16k and spending of £30k, spending 193% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 192% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Society for Investigative Dermatology sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sherbourne Fields School Association for Disabled Children (£16k), Torbay Hospital Radio (£16k) and African Sisters of St Mary (CMM) Support Group (£16k).

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.