CENTRE FOR FREUDIAN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH

Registered charity 1085368 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CFAR

To advance education for the benefit of the public in particular by the provision of training and seminars in psychoanalysis.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND SEMINARS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS.

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

£128k

Latest spending

£130k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small financial loss for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £133,355 to £131,580. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintained its reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure throughout the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £131,580. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £132k)

“It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

DR ANNE WORTHINGTONchair
Alistair Black
Berjanet Moeinijazani
GERRY SULLIVAN
Gwion Jones
Luca Bosetti

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£128k	£130k
31/08/2024	£125k	£115k
31/08/2023	£150k	£111k
31/08/2022	£110k	£102k
31/08/2021	£122k	£58k

Common questions

Is CENTRE FOR FREUDIAN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity made a small financial loss for the year ended 31 August 2025, with unrestricted funds decreasing from £133,355 to £131,580. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintained its reserves policy target of three to six months' expenditure throughout the year, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £131,580. The charity is eligible for independent examination rather than audit and has no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status. 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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 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.

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 income £101k
ASSOCIATION OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS LIMITED income £163k
BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
National Centre For Universities and Business income £2.9m
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST income £1.9m
AL-MANAR CENTRE TRUST income £161k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CENTRE FOR FREUDIAN ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH	£128k	—	0	above	—	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	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS LIMITED FY2024	£163k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH PSYCHOTHERAPY FOUNDATION FY2025	£2.8m	£130,001 - £140,000	—	within	—	no doubt
National Centre For Universities and Business FY2025	£2.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRE FOR COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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