The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

British Pharmacological Society

Registered charity 1030623 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

8
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 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 8Education 3Health and social care 2

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£4.7m latest income
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.

11.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.4 in 2020

24 from 26 in 2020
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.
1%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.bps.ac.uk
Emailinfo@bps.ac.uk
Phone02072390171
Address42 Wharf Road, London, N1 7GS

Finances

£9,863,328 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,523,279£4,218,137
2022£4,288,037£4,594,576
2023£5,346,500£5,612,413
2024£4,742,376£4,330,524
2025£9,863,328£4,973,490

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE SOCIETY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE PHARMACOLOGY (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29/11/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/12/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/12/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12/12/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2014 as amended on 18 Dec 2020 as amended on 30 Nov 2021

Trustees (9)

9trustees
68median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

British Pharmacological Society · 02877400 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/11/1993

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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