Common questions about Royal College of Surgeons of England's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Royal College of Surgeons of England a good charity? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England scores 79 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 88% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Royal College of Surgeons of England a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Royal College of Surgeons of England as a registered charity (charity number 212808). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=212808&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Royal College of Surgeons of England's charity number? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England's charity number is 212808. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Royal College of Surgeons of England's charity rating? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England scores 79 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Royal College of Surgeons of England have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Royal College of Surgeons of England. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: late accounts filing; poor filing history). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Royal College of Surgeons of England? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 88% of Royal College of Surgeons of England's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Royal College of Surgeons of England's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 3% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 6% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Royal College of Surgeons of England. Royal College of Surgeons of England's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 45 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Royal College of Surgeons of England receive? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England reported £44m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Royal College of Surgeons of England's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2026-04-28). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Royal College of Surgeons of England based? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England's registered contact address is in London (WC2A 3PE). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on health.
How much is Royal College of Surgeons of England's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Royal College of Surgeons of England's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports 45 employees paid more than £60,000, including 6 employees paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £140,001–£150,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Royal College of Surgeons of England's money come from? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England reported £44m total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were charitable activities £33m (76%), donations and legacies £7.7m (18%), other income £2.8m (6%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £4.9m.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Royal College of Surgeons of England? +
The register records Royal College of Surgeons of England as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Royal College of Surgeons of England's trustees paid? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that one or more trustees received payments or other benefits. Charity law allows this only in limited circumstances; the trustees' annual report should explain it.
When was Royal College of Surgeons of England registered as a charity? +
Royal College of Surgeons of England was entered on the register on 15 March 1963.
How does CharityCompare score Royal College of Surgeons of England? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Royal College of Surgeons of England's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Royal College of Surgeons of England's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.