Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 7
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES 

Please see the Report of the Trustees
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 18 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
Established: 5 years

https://acmedsci.ac.uk/

info@acmedsci.ac.uk

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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
31/03/23£19,073£16,324£2,749£754£18,268£8,5586.372400
31/03/22£17,702£14,187£3,515£421£15,855£7,056655400
31/03/21£14,667£14,875£-208£276£12,381£5,4224.451400
31/03/20£16,651£17,020£-368£765£12,143£5,5133.950400
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 28%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 47%
Reserves/Spending: 6.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 72 employees
  • 400 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to The Academy of Medical Sciences
£300,000 08/06/2022
Refurbishment of conference and meeting facilities
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Academy of Medical Sciences grant support 21-22
£9,377,200 16/06/2021
To support the work of the Academy in 2021-22

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (18)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 16/18 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/09/2019, number: 1185329
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

THE ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
41 PORTLAND PLACE
LONDON
W1B 1QH

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE AIMS AND ETHOS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND IN PARTICULAR TO:(A) PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND IN THE TEACHING OF MEDICAL SCIENCES;(B) PROMOTE THE APPLICATION OF RESEARCH TO THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE;(C) PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEDICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR IMPACT ON SOCIETY; AND(D) ASSESS ISSUES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE OF CONCERN TO THE PUBLIC AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH ASSESSMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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