SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOURAL PHENOTYPES

Registered charity 1013849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S S B P

To organise scientific meetings with the specific objective of bringing together active research workers in the several disciplines that contribute to the aims of the Society.To foster and support those aspects of the work of other charitable organisations and learned societies that are relevant to the aim of the Society.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM BIOLOGICALLY DETERMINED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS, IN PARTICULAR, BY PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE EFFECTS AND TREATMENT OF SUCH DISORDERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £103,106 in assets at the end of the year, which the trustees describe as a 'reasonably strong position' derived from careful conference planning and steady membership subscriptions. The trustees believe available resources are adequate to continue achieving aims, though they note financial exposure in the event of unforeseen over-expenditure on conferences.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to allow the Society to withstand a major loss on a conference and maintain the administration to allow the Society to mount a successful conference in the following year (held: £103k)
“The assets reported are consistent with the Reserves Policy agreed by the Committee, to allow the Society to withstand a major loss on a conference and maintain the administration to allow the Society to mount a successful conference in the following year” — page 6
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Belgium · Canada · Germany · Greece · Ireland · Italy · Netherlands · Norway · Scotland · Slovenia · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£40k£49k
31/12/2023£17k£17k
31/12/2022£43k£31k
31/12/2021£19k£17k
31/12/2020£5k£9k

Common questions

Is SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOURAL PHENOTYPES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £103,106 in assets at the end of the year, which the trustees describe as a 'reasonably strong position' derived from careful conference planning and steady membership subscriptions. The trustees believe available resources are adequate to continue achieving aims, though they note financial exposure in the event of unforeseen over-expenditure on conferences. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.