RPS membership rise boosts society’s coffers
Society made losses of £1.1 million last year, but membership rose by 5%
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is going “from strength to strength” financially, according to its outgoing treasurer.
RPS membership increased by 5.4% in 2015, and is projected to rise by a further 3.5% in 2016.
Despite this, the RPS suffered losses of more than a million pounds last year.
The RPS made a loss of £1.1 million in 2015 – less than the £1.4m the society had predicted it would lose in its financial accounts.
It says it is still on track to break even in 2017.
"Stronger than last year"
Speaking at the RPS’s annual general meeting (AGM) last Thursday (June 22), outgoing RPS treasurer Sid Dajani said the society was “stronger than we were last year, and we continue to go from strength to strength”.
Mr Dajani, who is ending his four-year term as RPS treasurer, said the society is targeting “new revenue streams” in 2016, principally by growing membership.
Membership on the rise
The society's director of finance, Simon Redman, said membership growth had been “ahead of the market” in 2015 and was set to “shadow the market’s growth” in the coming year.
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