The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons — Health Charity in Wellington
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is a Company charity in the Health sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. CharityData rates this charity B (79.5/100). Annual revenue: $9.3M NZD. 1 red flag detected. Financial data as at December 2025.
Mission: The core operational activities of RACS include education and training, continuing professional development, advocacy to support surgical standards & health equity and support for members. All have supporting leadership, governance and administrative structures. The principal activities of the College in the course of the year were promoting the study of the science and art of surgery, clinical and scientific research and advocacy to support surgical standards. During the year, there was no significant change in the nature of those activities.
- Registration Number
- CC42056
- Charity Type
- Company
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- B (79.5/100)
- Sector
- Health
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- https://www.surgeons.org
- college.nz@surgeons.org
- Data as at
- December 2025
Beneficiaries: Children / young people, General public, Older people, Other charities, People with disabilities, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $9.3M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $7.6M NZD
- Total Assets
- $16.6M NZD
- Net Assets
- $8.5M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 5.2 months of operating expenses
- Staff Count
- 17
- Financial Year End
- 2025-12-31
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $9.3M | $7.6M | $8.5M |
| 2024 | $11.7M | $9.4M | $6.9M |
| 2023 | $6.9M | $0.8M | $-5.7M |
| 2022 | $6.7M | $0.7M | $-3.2M |
| 2021 | $7.1M | $1.1M | $-3.0M |
| 2020 | $6.3M | $1.0M | $-0.4M |
| 2019 | $6.9M | $1.0M | $-3.1M |
| 2018 | $6.7M | $1.1M | $-2.3M |
| 2017 | $6.6M | $1.1M | $-2.7M |
| 2016 | $6.6M | $1.2M | $-2.9M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- B
- Overall Score
- 79.5/100
- Financial Score
- 100
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 85
Red Flags
- 2 trustees of this charity also sit on multiple other charity boards — concentrated trustee bandwidth may warrant board-skill-mix review.
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (3)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Catherine Ferguson | Director | 2026-05-02 |
| Christine Lai | Director | 2026-05-02 |
| Philip Morreau | Director | 2026-05-02 |
Former Officers (106)
- Brian Owler — Director
- Souella Cumming — Director
- William Blake — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- Gregory Keogh — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- Roxanne Wu — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- David King — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- Richard Wong She — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- Andrew MacCormick — Co-Opted-Councillor,-Chair-of-Aotearoa-New-Zealand-Committee (departed 2025-05-05)
- Stephanie Clota — CEO
- Sue hui Ong — Co-Opted-Councillor,-Trainee-Representative (departed 2025-05-05)
- Justin Parr — Co-Opted-Councillor,-Trainee-Representative (departed 2024-01-01)
- Shane Solomon — Director
- Richard Bradbury — Chair, Professional Development (departed 2025-05-05)
- Deborah Bailey — Chair, Asc Conference & Events (departed 2025-05-05)
- Ailene Fitzgerald — Councillor (departed 2025-05-05)
- Sharon Jay — Co-Opted-Councillor,-Trainees-Representative (departed 2022-12-31)
- Andrew Cochrane — Deputy Treasurer (departed 2025-05-05)
- Nicola Hill — Director (departed 2026-02-02)
- Charles Jenkinson — Racs Trainees' Representative (departed 2021-12-13)
- Nishanthi Gurusinghe — Co-Opted-Councillor,-Representing-Tasmanian-Fellows (departed 2025-05-05)
Executive Compensation
| Name | Role | Compensation | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Executive Officers | $201,060 | 2024 |
| Key Management Personnel (aggregate) | Senior Executive Officers | $201,060 | - |
| Associate Professor Kerin Fielding | President | - | 2024 |
| Associate Professor Kerin Fielding | President | - | 2023 |
| Professor Owen Ung | Vice President | - | 2024 |
| Dr Greg Edwin Witherow | Treasurer | - | 2023 |
Service Providers
- PKF
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Financial data as at December 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
These structural observations are drawn from public data and are worth considering before a donation. They are not allegations of wrongdoing, and they don’t affect the charity’s letter grade.
- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 8. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
Each signal is a data-driven observation, not a judgement. They fire automatically from the figures filed with Charities Services. A charity can address any of these by filing fuller disclosure or updating its officer register. Methodology: /about/methodology/concern-signals.
$9.3M
$7.6M
$16.6M
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
About
The core operational activities of RACS include education and training, continuing professional development, advocacy to support surgical standards & health equity and support for members. All have supporting leadership, governance and administrative structures. The principal activities of the College in the course of the year were promoting the study of the science and art of surgery, clinical and scientific research and advocacy to support surgical standards. During the year, there was no significant change in the nature of those activities.
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Peer Comparison
Ranked against 94 peers · Health · $1M – $10M
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