THE UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY

Registered charity 1058545 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as U K C P, UKCP

The UKCP promotes the art and science of psychotherapy for the public benefit; it promotes research and education in psychotherapy and disseminate the results of any such research. It also promotes high standards of training and practice in psychotherapy and the wider provision of psychotherapy for the public benefit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £105,050 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £737,207 to £632,157. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash reserves of £2,974,000 and free reserves of £613,000, which are above the stated general reserve target of £351,000. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership fees (96% of income)
“The majority of the charity’s income is from membership fees (£3,085k in 2025 and £2,909k in 2024).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £351,000 (held: £613k)
“The general reserve, excluding designated funds, stood at £379k at the end of the year vs a target of £351k.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PEM Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.3m
Reserves (reported)
£632k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£3.2m£3.3m
30/09/2024£3.0m£2.9m
30/09/2023£2.7m£2.8m
30/09/2022£2.6m£2.7m
30/09/2021£2.6m£2.6m

Common questions

Is THE UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £105,050 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £737,207 to £632,157. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash reserves of £2,974,000 and free reserves of £613,000, which are above the stated general reserve target of £351,000. The trustees and auditors confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PEM Audit Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR PSYCHOTHERAPY£3.2m——above—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY FY2025£14.3m——below—no doubt
BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION FY2025£2.8m£130,001 - £140,000—within—no doubt
THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO HEALTH AND RELATED PUBLIC SERVICES,IN THE E.C. AND E.F.T.A. COUNTRIES FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTIC COUNCIL FY2025£865k——unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATING THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS) FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt

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