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The Incorporated Society for Psychical Research
- 27 trustees
- Income £655k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Emeritus Professor Caroline Agnes WattChair · since 2025
- Adrian RyanTrustee · since 2002
- Alan MurdieTrustee · since 1999
- Ashley KnibbTrustee · since 2023
- Ciaran FarrellTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Ann WinsperTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Barrie George ColvinTrustee · since 2014
- Dr Callum Elliott CooperTrustee · since 2017
- Dr David Nicholas RousseauTrustee · since 1997
- Dr David VernonTrustee · since 2018
- Dr Deborah EricksonTrustee · since 2014
- DR Graham KiddTrustee · since 2015
- Dr Liam Paul RuickbieTrustee · since 2017
- Dr Malcolm Barlow SchofieldTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Melvyn John WillinTrustee · since 1997
- Dr Richard Stanley BroughtonTrustee
- Dr Thomas Harry Ruffles PHDTrustee · since 1990
- Dr Zofia WeaverTrustee · since 2018
- John FraserTrustee
- Julie Anne RousseauTrustee · since 2002
- Marian BartonTrustee · since 2013
- Professor Bernard John Carr MA, PHDTrustee · since 1974
- Professor Chris ROETrustee
- Professor Emeritus Adrian David ParkerTrustee · since 2016
- Robert McluhanTrustee · since 2012
- Steven ParsonsTrustee · since 2018
- Tylean TuijlTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.spr.ac.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Incorporated Society for Psychical Research
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£655k£325k
- 2024£163k£296k
- 2023£117k£276k
Earlier years
- 2022£113k£226k
- 2021£431k£235k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO SEEK, COLLECT, AND OBTAIN INFORMATION RESPECTING AND GENERALLY TO INVESTIGATE THE PHENOMENA COMMONLY KNOWN AS PSYCHICAL OR AS SPIRITUALISTIC INCLUDING HYPNOTISM, SOMNAMBULISM THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE AND ALL MATTERS OF A KINDRED NATURE.
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.
27 trustees on the board
- Emeritus Professor Caroline Agnes Watt Chair since 2025
- Adrian Ryan since 2002
- Alan Murdie since 1999
- Ashley Knibb since 2023
- Ciaran Farrell since 2017
- DR Graham Kidd since 2015
- Dr Ann Winsper since 2023
- Dr Barrie George Colvin since 2014
- Dr Callum Elliott Cooper since 2017
- Dr David Nicholas Rousseau since 1997
- Dr David Vernon since 2018
- Dr Deborah Erickson since 2014
- Dr Liam Paul Ruickbie since 2017
- Dr Melvyn John Willin since 1997
- Dr Malcolm Barlow Schofield since 2020
- Dr Richard Stanley Broughton
- Dr Thomas Harry Ruffles PHD since 1990
- Dr Zofia Weaver since 2018
- John Fraser
- Julie Anne Rousseau since 2002
- Marian Barton since 2013
- Professor Bernard John Carr MA, PHD since 1974
- Professor Chris ROE
- Professor Emeritus Adrian David Parker since 2016
- Robert Mcluhan since 2012
- Steven Parsons since 2018
- Tylean Tuijl since 2023
15y median 10.5y
average tenure
52y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Adrian Ryan since 2002
- Alan Murdie since 1999
- Ciaran Farrell since 2017
- DR Graham Kidd since 2015
- Dr Barrie George Colvin since 2014
- Dr Callum Elliott Cooper since 2017
- Dr David Nicholas Rousseau since 1997
- Dr David Vernon since 2018
- Dr Deborah Erickson since 2014
- Dr Liam Paul Ruickbie since 2017
- Dr Melvyn John Willin since 1997
- Dr Malcolm Barlow Schofield since 2020
- Dr Thomas Harry Ruffles PHD since 1990
- Dr Zofia Weaver since 2018
- Julie Anne Rousseau since 2002
- Marian Barton since 2013
- Professor Bernard John Carr MA, PHD since 1974
- Professor Emeritus Adrian David Parker since 2016
- Robert Mcluhan since 2012
- Steven Parsons since 2018
18.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (25)
- Emeritus Professor Caroline Agnes Watt Chair since 2025
- Adrian Ryan since 2002
- Ashley Knibb since 2023
- Ciaran Farrell since 2017
- DR Graham Kidd since 2015
- Dr Ann Winsper since 2023
- Dr Barrie George Colvin since 2014
- Dr Callum Elliott Cooper since 2017
- Dr David Vernon since 2018
- Dr Deborah Erickson since 2014
- Dr Liam Paul Ruickbie since 2017
- Dr Melvyn John Willin since 1997
- Dr Malcolm Barlow Schofield since 2020
- Dr Richard Stanley Broughton
- Dr Thomas Harry Ruffles PHD since 1990
- Dr Zofia Weaver since 2018
- John Fraser
- Julie Anne Rousseau since 2002
- Marian Barton since 2013
- Professor Bernard John Carr MA, PHD since 1974
- Professor Chris ROE
- Professor Emeritus Adrian David Parker since 2016
- Robert Mcluhan since 2012
- Steven Parsons since 2018
- Tylean Tuijl since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Alan Murdie since 1999
- Dr David Nicholas Rousseau since 1997
17
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 27Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.
Tech and media 18Professional services 6Manufacturing 2
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£655k 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.
90.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
7
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
- 207325
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 AUG. 1895 NEW ARTICLES ADOPTED 23 FEB. 1955 AS AMENDED 25 APRIL 1981 as amended on 27 Apr 2019 as amended on 27 Apr 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 00044861 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02079378984 · secretary@spr.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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