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The Royal College of Anaesthetists

The Royal College of Anaesthetists is a registered charity (number 1013887) based in London, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £29m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £29m (2025)
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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.rcoa.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£29m£17m
  • 2024£15m£15m
  • 2023£14m£14m
Earlier years
  • 2022£12m£12m
  • 2021£12m£12m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 2% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE PROMOTE AND CARRY ON STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO ANAESTHESIA AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ANY SUCH RESEARCH; TO EDUCATE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN THE PRACTICE OF ANAESTHESIA FOR THE PROTECTION AND BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC; TO FURTHER INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN ANAESTHESIA BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS; AND TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO ANAESTHESIA.

Grants received

1 grant · £99,903 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £99,903

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £99,9032020-10-09
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

1.8y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£28.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

5.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.2 in 2021

132 from 121 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
2%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1013887
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER OF 11TH FEBRUARY 1992
Contact on the register
02070921610 · finance@rcoa.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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