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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Royal College of Surgeons of England is a registered charity (number 212808) based in London, governed by 11 trustees. Latest income £44m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £44m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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Public contracts won

4 contracts

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • An Invited Review was necessary of some of the clinical records in relation to the ongoing Paediatric Surgery Case Buyer: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    1461 - An Invited Review was necessary of some of the clinical records in relation to the ongoing Paediatric Surgery Case. The Royal College of Surgeons are the only body that can be approached to provide such a service.

  • Review for the Upper Gecords Buyer: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    1566 - Review was necessary for the Upper GI team and oesophago-gastric cancer surgical services including 25 clinical records,

  • An invited review was necessary for Upper GI Team Buyer: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    1555 -An invited review was necessary for Upper GI Team. The RCS are the only body that can be approached to provide such a service.

  • National Vascular Registry Data Processing and Reporting 2026 to 2027 Buyer: NHS England Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    This requirement relates to the processing and analysis of medical devices implanted during vascular procedures within NHS vascular centres, including device type to patient characteristics, co-morbidity and aortic anatomy.

About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.rcseng.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£44m£44m
  • 2024£35m£35m
  • 2023£34m£36m
Earlier years
  • 2022£28m£34m
  • 2021£27m£30m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SURGERY.

Grants received

3 grants · £703,500 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

Most recent

  • The Shears Foundation £90,0002023-10-18
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £48,9002007-02-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £564,6002000-10-24
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.

11 trustees on the board

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

0
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 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£43.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

6.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 10.7 in 2021

291 from 225 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
212808
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTERS OF 22/03/1800, 13/02/1822, 14/09/1843, 18/03/1852, 08/09/1859, 20/07/1888, 22/12/1899, 19/08/26, 20/05/47 AND 10/09/57, SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS 16 FEB 77, 26 JULY 88 AND 11 FEB 1992, SCHEMES 21 AUG 92, 18 JAN 94, 21 MAR 94 AND 23 JUNE 94 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 11 FEB 2015
Contact on the register
020 7405 3474 · chiefexecutive@rcseng.ac.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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