THE BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY

Registered charity 1103260 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039583 (OSCR)

The British Pain Society aims to promote education, training, research and development in all fields of pain. It endeavours to increase both professional and public awareness of the prevalence of pain and the facilities that are available for its management.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY RAISING THE STANDARD OF THE MANAGEMENT OF PAIN BY PROMOTION OF EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND TRAINING.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The British Pain Society reported a net deficit of £76,278 for the year ended December 2025, with total funds decreasing to £774,532. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £173,642, which the trustees noted were below their policy target of approximately £300,000. Despite the deficit, the trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Pain Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Roger David Knaggschair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Alan Fayaz
• Dr Deepak Ravindran
• Dr Iain Stuart Richardson Jones
• Dr Mahindra Chincholkar
• Dr Manojit Sinha
• Dr Neil Talbert Collighan
• Dr Sarah Harrisson
• Dr Suneet Pravinkumar Nayee
• Martin Stephen Hey
• Professor Shafaq Sikander

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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