Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF LONDON

The Charity plays a leading role in the delivery of high quality patient care, by high standards of medical practice and promoting clinical excellence. The Charity provides Physicians in the UK and overseas with education, training and support throughout their careers. The Charity also advises and works with Government, the public, patients and other professions to improve healthcare.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£42,475£43,259£-784£5,740£46,521£31,4538.7409150
31/12/22£38,418£38,901£-483£4,370£46,870£32,375103870
31/12/21£34,648£33,898£750£1,964£52,695£36,27512.84030
31/12/20£31,023£34,307£-3,284£1,379£45,046£29,91610.54130
31/12/19£42,612£43,899£-1,287£253£47,472£33,1419.14141,000
31/12/18£43,181£45,323£-2,142£95£46,801£33,99894260
31/12/17£41,759£45,457£-3,698£12£49,845£35,9839.54320
31/12/16£40,711£42,490£-1,779£1,376£50,847£36,46110.34180
31/12/15£40,735£40,522£213£234£48,640£35,75610.63790
31/12/14£40,683£38,752£1,931£215£47,792£34,50010.73580
31/12/13£37,953£36,251£1,702£219£46,436£33,94511.23520
31/12/12£35,133£33,796£1,337£208£43,065£31,43211.23340
31/12/11*£32,944£31,614£1,330£941£39,416£28,16310.73240
31/12/10*£31,679£29,692£1,987£143£40,041£29,39811.93200
31/12/09£27,428£26,948£480£94£38,877£29,47813.12790
31/12/08£21,375£21,095£280£786£35,401£25,64414.62570
31/12/07*£19,572£21,252£-1,680£251£45,875£33,84019.12260
31/12/06£19,028£19,250£-222n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£17,825£17,030£795n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£15,406£13,849£1,557n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 17%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 30%
Liabilities/Income: 47%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 68%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years

www.rcplondon.ac.uk

Governance@rcp.ac.uk

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Professional associations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Wolfson Foundation£1,756,245
Home Office£381,250
Garfield Weston Foundation£250,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£220,000 06/06/2024
12
Intercalated awards to medical students 2024
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£228,160 08/06/2023
Intercalated awards to medical students 2023. Grant paid directly to Royal College of Physicians.
Home Office - VAWG: Breaking Cycles of Violence and Supporting Children Affected
£381,250 17/10/2022
The purpose of this grant is to bring together work undertaken to prevent and support victims of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) specifically workstrands supporting children affected by domestic abuse (CADA) and 'what works' funding (WWF.) ....more
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£254,991 08/06/2022
Intercalated awards to medical students 2022. Grant paid directly to Royal College of Physicians.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£245,094 10/06/2021
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to Royal College of Physicians.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Major Grants award
£250,000 03/07/2020
RCP North
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£208,000 11/06/2020
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to Royal College of Physicians.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£600,000 05/12/2019
Named lecture theatre within the College’s new second site in Liverpool
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£239,951 13/06/2019
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to Royal College of Physicians.
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£243,777 14/06/2018
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to the Royal College of Physicians
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£248,498 23/06/2017
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to the Royal College of Physicians
Nuffield Foundation - Cross-cutting grant
£30,000 26/11/2016
Professionalism and Trust
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Royal College of Physicians
£249,300 16/06/2016
Intercalated awards to medical students. Grant paid directly to the Royal College of Physicians
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

  • ANNE MARIE MILLAR Appointed: 2023
  • DOMINIC WHITTLE Appointed: 2023
  • DR ANANTHAKRISHNAN RAGHURAM Appointed: 2023
  • DR FIONA PATHIRAJA Appointed: 2023
  • DR JOHN DEAN Appointed: 2023
  • DR OMAR MUSTAFA Appointed: 2024
  • KATIE SMITH Appointed: 2023
  • PROFESSOR JOHN BATESON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • PROFESSOR MUMTAZ PATEL Appointed: 2024
  • PROFESSOR RAMESH PULENDRAN ARASARADNAM Appointed: 2021
  • PROFESSOR SIMON BOWMAN Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/07/1963, number: 210508
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
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR11: 301 days late, AR10: 666 days late, AR07: 252 days late,
Main office

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
11 ST. ANDREWS PLACE
LONDON
NW1 4LE

Objectives

THE MAINTENANCE OF A HIGH STANDARD OF MEDICAL ETHICS AND EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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