LONDON PETROPHYSICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1020083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LPS

The purpose of this organisation is to promote for the public benefit, education and knowledge in the scientific and technical aspects of formation evaluation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF FORMATION EVALUATION

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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Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a small deficit of £285 for the year ended 31st December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £43,610. The trustees describe the level of reserves as 'healthy' and confirm that no staff were employed during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alina Khmelevskayachair
Andrew Towers Mynors
IAN DRAPER
JACK WILLIS
Joanna Hansford
Melissa Johansson
Mohamed Nour
Oliver Tallon
Philip Gibbons
Sherif Farag

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£34k
31/12/2024	£31k	£30k
31/12/2023	£29k	£28k
31/12/2022	£22k	£21k
31/12/2021	£3k	£4k

Common questions

Is LONDON PETROPHYSICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a small deficit of £285 for the year ended 31st December 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds carried forward of £43,610. The trustees describe the level of reserves as 'healthy' and confirm that no staff were employed during the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JERUSALEM TRUST	1	£50k
THE GUARDIAN FOUNDATION	1	£28k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHORLEYWOOD	1	£17k
THE T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION	1	£16k
THE SOLA TRUST	1	£16k
THE S M B TRUST	1	£10k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST	1	£10k
THE ASHBURNHAM THANKSGIVING TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY.

BRITISH SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY income £96k
THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON income £803k
POETRY LONDON LTD income £130k
THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION income £266k
SCIENCE PROJECTS income £1.2m
LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR income £95k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON PETROPHYSICAL SOCIETY	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF TOXICOLOGICAL PATHOLOGY FY2025	£96k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL PHILATELIC SOCIETY, LONDON FY2025	£803k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
POETRY LONDON LTD FY2025	£130k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRY AND REFLECTION IN EDUCATION FY2025	£266k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SCIENCE PROJECTS FY2025	£1.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.