British Psychoanalytic Council

Analysis

British Psychoanalytic Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05034324). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, British Psychoanalytic Council reported income of £865k and spending of £887k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £640k to £865k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, British Psychoanalytic Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Daft As a Brush Cancer Patient Care Charitable Trust (£864k), Rosa (Rape or Sexual Abuse Support Services) (£865k) and The Doughty Charity Trust (£863k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 57% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £398k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 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.