The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Analysis

The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08759028). It says it makes grants to individuals, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland reported income of £835k and spending of £1.3m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £835k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Benson and Lionel Black Charitable Trust (£834k), Woolf Institute (£835k) and Classics for All (£832k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 74% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.2%. Reserves of £5.6m would cover about 53 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.