The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Royal College of Anaesthetists

Registered charity 1013887 Registered since 1992

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.9y
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.

Health and social care 2Other services 1

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  • 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitehttp://www.rcoa.ac.uk
Emailfinance@rcoa.ac.uk
Phone02070921610
AddressTHE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS, CHURCHILL HOUSE, 35 RED LION SQUARE, LONDON, WC1R 4SG

Finances

£28,607,563 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,856,917£11,700,256
2022£12,401,753£12,420,186
2023£13,804,824£13,679,904
2024£14,616,918£14,819,448
2025£28,607,563£17,332,180

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER OF 11TH FEBRUARY 1992

Trustees (12)

12trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

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