THE BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATING THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS)
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Cash
£919k
+15.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
24
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£218k
-1,283.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | — | £1,590,832 | £1,507,754 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | £22,613 | -£143,331 | -£364,778 | -154.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £22,613 | £18,400 | -£217,793 | -1,283.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £730,352 | £798,043 | £919,316 | +15.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,927,572 | £10,382,261 | £10,256,051 | -1.2% | |
| Net assets | £9,927,572 | £10,382,261 | £10,256,051 | -1.2% | |
| Equity | £9,927,572 | £10,382,261 | £10,256,051 | -1.2% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 24 | 24 | 0% | |
| Wages | £942,291 | £1,000,670 | £1,076,931 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £76,777 | £96,234 | +25.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -9.0% | -24.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.2% | -1.4% | -3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.15x | 3.48x | 2.84x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATING THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS) 2015-01-14 → present
- INSTITUTE OF PSYCHO-ANALYSIS 1924-10-13 → 2015-01-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Trustees do not forsee any material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “An important initiative implemented this year has been the introduction of a new award for Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Psychoanalysis (OCDP) with the first awards being presented in November 2025.”
- “As part of this ongoing work, the Society launched a fully redesigned website in July 2025 to improve engagement and accessibility. The new site includes refreshed branding, with a clearer and more intuitive design.”
- “The Fund to Support Members Displaced By War was established by the Board in 2022 to allow members to make donations via a Just Giving page to provide financial support to Psychoanalysts who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine that started in February of that year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 156 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, Annelize | Secretary | 2026-01-01 | — | — |
| ALSTER, Robert Michael David | Director | 2025-03-17 | Jan 1961 | British |
| COATES THUMMEL, Elizabeth Alison | Director | 2024-09-17 | Jul 1959 | British |
| LYON, Mary Louise | Director | 2025-09-16 | Nov 1954 | British |
| MENON, Anuradha, Dr | Director | 2025-03-17 | Nov 1973 | British |
| PICK, Isobel Clare | Director | 2025-07-05 | Mar 1961 | British |
| SAUMA, Ana Paulina Frajtag, Dr | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1951 | British |
| SCHUMACHER, Beate Anna | Director | 2025-07-05 | Nov 1961 | German |
| TAYLOR, Annelize | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1978 | British |
| WOLF, Elizabeth Susan | Director | 2025-09-17 | Sep 1959 | British |
Show 156 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK, David | Secretary | 2009-07-04 | 2012-07-07 |
| BRINDLEY, Helen Dawn | Secretary | 2022-11-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Sheilagh, Dr | Secretary | — | 1992-07-11 |
| GEDULTER-TRIEMAN, Anat | Secretary | 2020-07-11 | 2020-07-11 |
| HALL, Nicholas Malet | Secretary | 2005-07-18 | 2006-07-08 |
| KLEIMBERG, Leib Ghersen | Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 1998-07-11 |
| MERCER, Michael Edwin | Secretary | 2001-07-07 | 2005-07-09 |
| POLMEAR, Caroline | Secretary | 1998-07-11 | 2001-07-07 |
| SABBADINI, Andrea | Secretary | 2006-07-08 | 2009-07-04 |
| SHMUELI, Aviya, Dr | Secretary | 2018-11-07 | 2022-10-28 |
| TARGET, Mary, Professor | Secretary | 2012-07-07 | 2014-10-15 |
| TEMPERLEY, Jane Mary | Secretary | 1992-07-11 | 1995-07-08 |
| VIRTUE, Megan | Secretary | 2014-10-15 | 2018-11-07 |
| WEINTROBE, Sally Alison | Secretary | 1995-07-08 | 1997-07-12 |
| ABEL HIRSCH, Nicola Ann | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2011-11-19 |
| ABRAM, Jan, Dr | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2016-07-18 |
| ABRAM, Jan, Dr | Director | 2013-07-15 | 2014-01-10 |
| AMOS, Anne Catherine | Director | 2020-07-20 | 2025-03-16 |
| AMOS, Anne | Director | 2011-07-02 | 2014-07-21 |
| ANTONIS, Barbara Michelle | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2009-07-04 |
| BAKER, Ronald Stewart, Dr | Director | 1997-07-12 | 1999-07-10 |
| BARNETT, Bernard | Director | 2001-07-07 | 2003-07-05 |
| BATEMAN, Anthony Walshaw, Dr | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2001-01-15 |
| BELL, David, Doctor | Director | 2004-10-18 | 2012-07-07 |
| BLACK, David | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-07-07 |
| BOSWELL, Jill | Director | 1998-07-11 | 2001-07-07 |
| BRADBURY, Mary Annabel Irena, Dr | Director | 2011-11-19 | 2014-11-30 |
| BREARLEY, John Michael | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2010-07-17 |
| BREARLEY, John Michael | Director | 1993-07-10 | 1998-07-11 |
| BRENMAN PICK, Irma | Director | 1996-07-13 | 1999-07-10 |
| BRENMAN PICK, Irma | Director | — | 1995-07-08 |
| BRIDGE, Sheila Marie | Director | 2004-07-03 | 2007-07-07 |
| BRINDLEY, Helen Dawn | Director | 2022-11-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| BRITTON, Ronald Skirrow, Dr | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2004-07-03 |
| BRITTON, Ronald Skirrow, Dr | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| BRONSTEIN, Catalina, Prof | Director | 2015-07-04 | 2019-07-06 |
| BRONSTEIN, Catalina, Doctor | Director | 1993-07-10 | 1995-07-08 |
| CAMPBELL, Donald | Director | 1999-07-10 | 2002-07-06 |
| CAMPBELL, Donald | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| CAPARROTTA, Luigi, Dr | Director | 1999-11-15 | 2003-07-05 |
| COATES THUMMEL, Elizabeth Alison | Director | 2017-01-17 | 2020-07-20 |
| COCKETT, Susan Ann | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2017-07-01 |
| CRIPWELL, Mary Claire | Director | 2002-07-06 | 2005-07-09 |
| DAVIDS, Fakhry | Director | 2011-07-02 | 2014-07-21 |
| DAVIDS, Mohammed Fakhry | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2025-09-15 |
| DAVIES, Rosemary Claire | Director | 2008-07-05 | 2011-07-02 |
| DAVIES, Sheilagh, Dr | Director | 1999-07-10 | 2002-07-06 |
| DAVIES, Sheilagh, Dr | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| DE SAUMA, Maxim Jorge Assis, Dr | Director | 2005-07-09 | 2008-07-05 |
| DIRMEIK, Felicity | Director | 1995-07-08 | 1998-07-11 |
| FABRICIUS, Julia | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-07-20 |
| FABRICIUS, Julia | Director | 2002-07-06 | 2006-07-08 |
| FISHMAN, Carlos | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-07-05 |
| FLANDERS, Sara, Dr | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2019-07-06 |
| FLYNN, Denis | Director | 2018-11-19 | 2023-08-31 |
| FONAGY, Peter, Prof. | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2001-07-07 |
| FONAGY, Peter, Prof. | Director | 1998-07-11 | 1999-07-10 |
| FONAGY, Peter, Dr | Director | — | 1997-07-12 |
| FORNARI SPOTO, Gigliola | Director | 2005-07-09 | 2014-05-30 |
| GARVEY, Penelope Elizabeth Belford | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-09-15 |
| GEDULTER-TRIEMAN, Anat | Director | 2020-07-11 | 2023-07-01 |
| GLASSER, Mervin, Dr | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1998-07-11 |
| GONZALEZ, Alonso | Director | 2022-07-02 | 2025-07-05 |
| GORE, Veronica | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2020-07-20 |
| GRIER, Francis | Director | 2012-07-07 | 2015-07-04 |
| HARRISON, Anne Patricia | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2003-07-05 |
| HAYMAN, Anne Woodburn, Dr | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| HELLER, Mary Elizabeth Constance Brownescombe, Dr | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2009-07-04 |
| HERNANDEZ-HALTON, Isabel | Director | 2011-07-02 | 2015-06-04 |
| HILDEBRAND, Harold Peter | Director | 1997-07-12 | 2000-07-08 |
| HINSHELWOOD, Robert Douglas, Professor | Director | 2001-01-15 | 2002-07-06 |
| HUGHES, Mona Athol, Dr | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2000-07-08 |
| ILAHI, Mohammed Nasir | Director | 1992-07-11 | 1994-09-13 |
| ISAACS ELMHIRST, Susanna, Dr | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| JACKSON, Isa Judith | Director | 1999-07-10 | 2002-07-06 |
| JOFFE, Rosalie Sylvia | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| JOHNS, Jennifer, Dr | Director | 1995-10-16 | 2003-07-05 |
| JOYCE, Angela Frances | Director | 2003-07-05 | 2006-07-08 |
| KEENE, John Athur | Director | 2001-07-07 | 2004-07-03 |
| KENNEDY, Roger Ian Laurence, Dr | Director | 2002-07-06 | 2008-07-05 |
| KLEIMBERG ACKERMAN, Leib Ghersen | Director | 2019-07-06 | 2022-07-02 |
| LAUFER, Marie Egle | Director | 1992-07-11 | 2000-07-08 |
| LAUFER, Moses, Dr | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| LAWRENCE, Marilyn | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2009-07-04 |
| LAWRENCE, Marilyn | Director | 2001-07-07 | 2004-07-03 |
| LAWRENCE, Susan | Director | 2014-12-15 | 2018-08-31 |
| LAWRENCE, Susan | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2014-12-16 |
| LAWRENCE, Susan | Director | 2012-07-07 | 2014-01-30 |
| LAYLAND, William Ralph, Doctor | Director | 1994-09-13 | 1997-07-12 |
| LUCAS, Philip Anthony | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2013-07-15 |
| LUCAS, Richard Neil, Dr | Director | — | 1995-07-08 |
| LYON, Mary Louise | Director | 2021-05-14 | 2025-03-16 |
| MACCARTHY, Brendan, Dr | Director | 1998-07-11 | 2000-07-08 |
| MACCARTHY, Brendan, Dr | Director | — | 1996-07-13 |
| MACKEITH, Keesje Cornelia | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2009-07-04 |
| MAKINEN-MARTINDALE, Merja | Director | 2009-07-04 | 2012-07-07 |
| MARIOTTI, Paola, Dr | Director | 2003-07-05 | 2006-07-08 |
| MARTINDALE, Brian, Dr | Director | 2012-07-07 | 2015-07-04 |
| MAWSON, Christopher Paul Sinclair | Director | 2002-07-06 | 2005-07-09 |
| MCCALL, Ruth | Director | 2012-12-05 | 2016-11-30 |
| MCLEAN, Duncan James, Dr | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2018-12-17 |
| MEHRA, Baljeet Kaur | Director | 1995-07-08 | 1997-07-12 |
| MERCER, Michael | Director | 2018-07-07 | 2022-07-02 |
| MERCER, Michael Edwin | Director | 2006-07-08 | 2010-07-17 |
| MILLAR, David | Director | 2011-07-02 | 2018-11-19 |
| MILTON, Jane Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 1996-07-13 | 1999-07-10 |
| O'NEILL, Owen Brian, Dr | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2022-07-18 |
| ONEILL, Owen Brian | Director | 2003-07-05 | 2006-07-08 |
| PARSONS, Terence Michael Caradoc, Dr | Director | 2000-07-08 | 2001-07-07 |
| PERELBERG, Rosine Jozef, Professor | Director | 2018-07-07 | 2022-07-02 |
| PERRIS-MYTTAS, Marina, Dr | Director | 2019-07-06 | 2022-07-02 |
| PETKOVA, Petya Gospodinova, Dr | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2026-07-04 |
| POLLOCK, Alexander Brian | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| PUGH, Kathryn, Dr | Director | 2015-05-06 | 2018-07-07 |
| RILEY, David William | Director | 2014-04-02 | 2018-04-30 |
| ROBERTS, Bernard Lyall, Dr | Director | 2010-07-17 | 2015-07-04 |
| ROBERTS, Bernard Lyall, Dr | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2007-07-07 |
| ROBERTSON, Sarah Jex, Dr | Director | 2020-07-11 | 2023-07-27 |
| RODRIGUEZ DE LA SIERRA, Luis, Dr | Director | 1999-09-20 | 2000-07-08 |
| RODRIGUEZ DE LA SIERRA, Luis, Dr | Director | 1997-07-12 | 1999-07-10 |
| ROSE, James Spicer, Dr | Director | 1996-07-13 | 1999-07-10 |
| ROTH, Priscilla Brandchaft | Director | 2003-07-05 | 2008-07-05 |
| SABBADINI, Andrea | Director | 2009-07-04 | 2014-07-21 |
| SANCHEZ BERNAL, Edgard, Dr | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-07-20 |
| SANDLER, Anne-Marie | Director | — | 1993-07-10 |
| SAUMA, Ana Paulina Frajtag, Dr | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2023-07-01 |
| SAUMA, Ana Paulina Frajtag, Dr | Director | 2008-07-05 | 2011-07-02 |
| SCHACHTER, Joan, Dr | Director | 1992-07-11 | 1995-07-08 |
| SCHONFIELD, Tamar | Director | 2009-07-04 | 2012-07-07 |
| SEDLAK, Zbigniew Victor, Dr | Director | 2021-07-03 | 2025-07-05 |
| SHAVIT, Naomi Hanna | Director | 2008-02-06 | 2011-07-02 |
| SHEPHERD, Raymond Derek | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| SHMUELI, Aviya, Dr | Director | 2018-11-07 | 2022-10-28 |
| SIMPSON, Thomas David, Dr | Director | 2007-07-18 | 2012-07-07 |
| SINASON, Michael, Doctor | Director | 1993-07-10 | 1996-07-13 |
| SKLAR, Jon, Doctor | Director | 1994-09-13 | 1997-07-12 |
| SKOGSTAD, Wilhelm, Dr | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2022-04-08 |
| SPILLIUS, Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 1997-07-12 | 1998-07-11 |
| SPILLIUS, Elizabeth, Dr | Director | — | 1992-07-11 |
| STEINER, John, Dr | Director | 1993-07-10 | 1997-07-12 |
| STEINER, Mary Deborah | Director | 2009-07-04 | 2012-07-07 |
| STEINER, Mary Deborah | Director | 2004-07-03 | 2007-07-07 |
| STOKOE, Philip | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2017-07-01 |
| TAYLOR, David, Dr | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2019-07-06 |
| TAYLOR, David, Doctor | Director | 1993-07-10 | 1996-07-13 |
| TAYLOR, Kathryn Elisabeth | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2026-07-04 |
| TEMPERLEY, Jane Mary | Director | 1992-07-11 | 1995-07-08 |
| TEMPLE, Nicholas Owen Thomas, Dr | Director | 2010-07-17 | 2016-07-18 |
| TYDEMAN, John | Director | 2001-07-07 | 2004-07-03 |
| VARCHEVKER, Jose Arturo, Dr | Director | 1995-07-08 | 1996-09-16 |
| VIRTUE, Megan | Director | 2014-07-21 | 2018-11-07 |
| WADDELL, Margot, Dr | Director | 2015-12-21 | 2020-11-16 |
| WEINTROBE, Sally Alison | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2013-10-14 |
| WEINTROBE, Sally Alison | Director | 1995-07-08 | 1998-07-11 |
| WISE, Inge Anna Gertrude | Director | 1998-07-11 | 2001-07-07 |
| WOLF, Elizabeth Susan | Director | 2007-07-07 | 2011-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 375 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 6
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.