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BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 1030623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote and advance pharmacology nationally and internationally (including clinical pharmacology)

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£9.9m
Latest spending
£5.0m
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £11,068,276, driven largely by a significant donation of £5,147,687. Unrestricted reserves stood at £5,413,438, which the Trustees consider to be 160% of their stated policy target of £2,250,000. The charity reported a net loss on investments of £170,705 but maintained adequate resources to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band £120,001 - £130,000” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income)
“Donations and legacies which totalled £5,147,687”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £2,250,000 (held: £5.4m)
“a level of £2,250,000 would allow the Society to fulfil is commitments to its members both in terms of operations and activities over a period of one year if the Society’s publications income failed or were severely reduced”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Transactions with wholly-owned subsidiaries BPS Assessment Limited and BPS Trading Services Limited.
“During the course of the year the Society transacted with BPS Assessment Limited and BPS Trading Services, its wholly-owned subsidiary undertakings. The amounts owing to and from the subsidiary are included in notes 17 and 18.” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Corporate structure

BPS TRADING SERVICES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £73k
  • Profit before tax: £21k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £21k
“All profits in the company will be gift aided to the parent entity and no Corporation Tax is expected to arise.”
BPS ASSESSMENT LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £454k
  • Profit before tax: £62k
  • Creditors include £39,357 due to the parent undertaking (British Pharmacological Society).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£9.9m
Total spending
£5.0m
Reserves (reported)
£2.3m
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (52% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£9.9m£5.0m
31/12/2024£4.7m£4.3m
31/12/2023£5.3m£5.6m
31/12/2022£4.3m£4.6m
31/12/2021£4.5m£4.2m

Common questions

Is BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £11,068,276, driven largely by a significant donation of £5,147,687. Unrestricted reserves stood at £5,413,438, which the Trustees consider to be 160% of their stated policy target of £2,250,000. The charity reported a net loss on investments of £170,705 but maintained adequate resources to continue in operational existence. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government15/02/2024£22kUK Regulatory Science and Innovation Network in Pharmacogenomics

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SIR HALLEY STEWART TRUST1£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY£9.9m£120,001 - £130,000—above—no doubt
THE FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MEDICINE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES OF PHYSICIANS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2024£2.2m£70,001 - £80,0002below—no doubt
THE BRITISH NEUROPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2024£189k—0above—no doubt
THE BRITISH TOXICOLOGY SOCIETY FY2025£283k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£241k—0unclear—no doubt
ANATOMICAL SOCIETY FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt

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