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British Psychoanalytic Council

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £865k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.bpc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The British Psychoanalytic Council
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£865k£887k
  • 2025£836k£844k
  • 2024£722k£734k
Earlier years
  • 2023£712k£618k
  • 2022£640k£525k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE MAINTENANCE AND REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND CLINICAL PRACTICE IN PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING, AND THROUGH THE PROMOTION AND ACCREDITATION OF TRAINING.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND OF PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING AND ITS THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,• THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF; AND• ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AND PSYCHOANALYTICALLY INFORMED THERAPIES

Board analysis

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.

10 trustees on the board

5.2y median 7y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

10
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 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10

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

Other services 11Health and social care 4Education 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£836k 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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.2 in 2021

12 from 7 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1185487
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04 FEB 2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 JUL 2019
Companies House
Company number 05034324 · Active
Contact on the register
02075619240 · hello@bpc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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