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Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS 

The College creates and maintains standards in ophthalmic training and practice, organises examinations and sets the curriculum. It maintains a CPD system and provides surgical skills courses for trainees. It organises scientific meetings, publishes a scientific journal and provides information on ophthalmic matters for practitioners and the general public.It encourages eye related research.
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Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants and contracts
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be considerably in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£5,529£5,619£-90£0£12,540£10,87123.237250
31/12/21£5,137£4,750£387£0£13,144£11,43428.932250
31/12/20£3,712£4,258£-546£0£12,562£10,80430.432250
31/12/19£4,711£5,047£-336£26£12,917£11,10526.4320
31/12/18£4,875£4,615£260£94£12,874£10,90828.4320
31/12/17£4,584£4,502£82£0£12,819£10,99029.3300
31/12/16£4,482£4,392£90£0£12,581£10,75929.4290
31/12/15£4,328£4,293£35£89£12,319£10,50129.4270
31/12/14£4,419£4,194£225£62£12,142£10,40329.8230
31/12/13£4,155£3,631£524£67£11,849£9,99533220
31/12/12£8,516£3,417£5,099£75£11,109£9,44533.2210
31/12/11£3,495£3,061£434£72£5,869£4,13516.2210
31/12/10£3,305£2,957£349£40£5,644£3,98616.2220
31/12/09£3,170£2,810£360£56£5,072£3,55815.2210
31/12/08£3,216£2,705£512£88£4,469£3,24914.4200
31/12/07£2,706£2,499£207£116£4,443£3,40116.3210
31/12/06£2,860£2,562£298£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£2,693£2,291£402£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£2,611£2,285£326£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 23.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Established: 36 years

www.rcophth.ac.uk

03000302020

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Professional associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 37 employees
  • 250 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/1988, number: 299872
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

ROYAL COLLEGE OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
18 Stephenson Way
LONDON
NW1 2HD

Objectives

TO (A) ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (B) EDUCATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE SCIENCE AND PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY (C) MAINTAIN PROPER STANDARDS IN THE PRACTISE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC (D) PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH (E) FURTHER INSTRUCTION ON AND TRAINING IN OPHTHALMOLOGY BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS (F) EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO VISION AND THE HEALTH OF THE HUMAN EYE

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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