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British Journal of Anaesthesia

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £1.8m (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
bjanaesthesia.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.8m£1.1m
  • 2023£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2022£1.8m£1.5m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.8m£1.1m
  • 2020£1.7m£793k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

3. OBJECTS3.1 PRIMARILY:3.1.1 TO ADVANCE AND IMPROVE THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ALL BRANCHESOF ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE AND PAIN MEDICINE, AND RELATED TOPICS AND3.1.2 TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL PERSONS BY IMPROVING ANDDISSEMINATING KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE AND PAIN MEDICINEAND THEREBY REDUCING THE SUFFERING AND DANGERS OF ANAESTHESIA AND SURGERY,BY PROCURING THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION IN ANY SUITABLE MEDIA OF A JOURNAL ("THEJOURNAL") IN THE ABOVE FIELDS OF THE BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY FROM ANY LEGITIMATE SOURCE. THEJOURNAL SHALL BE CALLED "BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA", AND SHALL CONSIST PRINCIPALLY OF PEER-REVIEWED REPORTS OF CLINICAL AND LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS, REVIEWS OF OTHER PAPERS, EXPOSITION OF SCIENTIFIC THEORY, CASE STUDIES, AND EDITORIALS. ALL REPORTS AND OTHER ITEMS SHALL BE SELECTED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE JOURNAL ON THE BASIS OF THEIR FULFILMENT OF THE OBJECTS SET OUT IN SUB-CLAUSSES 3.1.1 AND 3.1.2 ABOVE, IRRESPECTIVE OF ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION OR INTEREST THEREIN, WHETHER OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OTHER PERSON.IN THE PURSUIT OF THIS OBJECT IT SHALL BE PERMISSIBLE :-(I) TO CHARGE RECIPIENTS OF THE JOURNAL OR ANY PART THEREOF SUCH COSTS AS ARE REASONABLE INVIEW OF THE VALUE OR COST OF THE CONTENT AND THE RESOURCES OF THE READER; AND(II) TO CHARGE THE AUTHORS OR OTHER PROVIDERS OF THE MATERIAL FOR THE PUBLICATION SUCHCHARGES AS ARE REASONABLE OR COMMON FOR SUCH PUBLICATION. 3.2 SECONDLY, AND CONDITIONAL UPON THE PRIMARY OBJECT ABOVE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ACHIEVED:3.2.1 TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE RESEARCH IN ALL BRANCHES OF ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE ANDPAIN MEDICINE AND RELATED FIELDS BY MAKING GRANTS AVAILABLE TO SUITABLE PERSONS TO ASSIST THEM WITH ACADEMIC FEES AND MATERIALS, SALARIES, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, ACCOMMODATION AND SUBSISTENCE, AND SUCH OTHER COSTS AS THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE;3.2.2 TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS, RESEARCHERS AND MEDICALPRACTITIONERS IN ALL BRANCHES OF ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CARE AND PAIN MEDICINE AND RELATED FIELDS, BY MEANS OF THE PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL AND THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION IN ANY SUITABLE MEDIA OF SPECIALISED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS;3.2.3 TO PROMOTE AND ASSIST CONTINUING EDUCATION IN ALL BRANCHES OF ANAESTHESIA, CRITICAL CAREAND PAIN MEDICINE AND RELATED FIELDS BY PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, DEMONSTRATIONS, PAMPHLETS AND ANY OTHER SUITABLE MEDIA;3.2.4 TO PROMOTE THE OBJECTS SET OUT ABOVE BY GIVING DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIBING TO OTHER CHARITABLE BODIES AND SOCIETIES HERE SUCH GIFTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS SHALL BE USED FOR PROMOTING OBJECTS CLOSELY SIMILAR TO THOSE ABOVE.

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.

6y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

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 5Business services 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£1.8m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020

5 from 10 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1121817
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 OCTOBER 2007 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 26 JUNE 2008 AND 26 JUNE 2009. as amended on 02 Dec 2021
Companies House
Company number 06410445 · Active
Contact on the register
01132060788 · bja2@leeds.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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