The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Registered charity 228636 Registered since 1963

Operates: Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

11 trustees on the board

2.1y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 11Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1Other Charitable Purposes 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.

Education 1Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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£29.6m 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.

5.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 7.1 in 2020

416 from 266 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.

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

Websitehttp://www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Emailrcpsych@rcpsych.ac.uk
Phone0208 618 4000
Address21 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, E1 8BB

Finances

£29,606,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£18,222,000£19,394,000
2021£21,099,000£20,506,000
2022£22,755,000£23,158,000
2023£23,736,000£24,767,000
2024£29,606,000£28,364,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF PSYCHIATRY AND RELATED SUBJECTS. (B) FURTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION THEREIN. (C) PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH WORK IN PSYCHIATRY AND ALL SCIENCES AND DISCIPLINES CONNECTED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISORDER IN ALL ITS FORMS AND ASPECTS AND RELATED SUBJECTS AND PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 13/03/1926AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 30/04/1971AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 28/04/2014

Trustees (11)

11trustees
58median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Royal College of Psychiatrists (the) · RC000463 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

Connected charities (3)

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