The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Registered charity 212808 Registered since 1963

Operates: 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.

11 trustees on the board

1.3y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.4y
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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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.

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

Websitewww.rcseng.ac.uk
Emailchiefexecutive@rcseng.ac.uk
Phone020 7405 3474
AddressROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF, ENGLAND, 38-43 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, WC2A 3PE

Finances

£43,722,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£26,920,000£29,565,000
2022£28,084,000£34,446,000
2023£33,545,000£36,109,000
2024£35,134,000£35,221,000
2025£43,722,000£43,790,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

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

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

Trustees (11)

11trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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