The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations

Analysis

The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00442517). It says it provides services, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.3m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £2.7m to £2.1m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Tavistock Institute of Human Relations 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Just4Children (£2.1m), Advonet (£2.1m) and The Costa Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 21 people.