The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

British Orthopaedic Association

Registered charity 1066994 Registered since 1997

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

19 trustees on the board

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (16)

Portfolio (3)

18
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 19The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 19General Charitable Purposes 18Disability 1

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

Other services 18Health and social care 6Professional services 5

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

12.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 15.0 in 2020

16 from 18 in 2020
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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websiteboa.ac.uk
Emailsecretary@boa.ac.uk
Phone02074056507
Address38-43 LINCOLNS INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3PE

Finances

£3,227,833 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£2,633,994£2,460,432
2021£3,136,031£2,778,999
2022£3,683,308£3,948,252
2023£3,047,890£3,333,080
2024£3,227,833£3,469,603

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE SCIENCE, ART AND PRACTICE OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY WITH THE AIM OF BRINGING RELIEF TO PATIENTS OF ALL AGES SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS OF INJURY OR DISORDERS OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH DECEMBER 1997 AND CHARITY COMMISSION SCHEME DATED 4TH MAY 2001. as amended on 16 Sep 2020 as amended on 22 Sep 2021 as amended on 21 Sep 2022 as amended on 20 Sept 2023

Trustees (19)

19trustees
61median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Orthopaedic Association · 03482958 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 12/12/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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