THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Registered charity 1193815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as APP

The APPPS is the association for professionals and students of all disciplines and backgrounds, who work in the NHS, public, or voluntary sector providing psychoanalytically informed care. Our shared mission is to promote the highest standards of applied psychoanalytic and psychodynamic work and thinking in the health care system, across the whole age range.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE WORKING IN NHS, PUBLIC AND VOLUNTARY SECTORS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A) PUBLISHING THE JOURNAL ‘PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY’ AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS AS SHALL BE THOUGHT FITB) HOLDING AND SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL EVENTSC) PROVIDING GRANTS FOR RESEARCH INTO PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY ENSURING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATEDD) PROMOTING HIGHER STANDARDS OF TRAINING AND PRACTICE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE NHS, PUBLIC AND VOLUNTARY SECTORSE) MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS TO SUPPORT TRAINING IN PSYCHOTHERAPY.

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: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£33k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £94,873, described by the trustees as 'substantial'. The accounts show a net deficit for the period, with total payments of £33,381 exceeding total receipts of £30,260. The trustees note that increasing work pressures are making recruitment difficult, prompting a look at more paid staff, but no specific financial risks or uncertainties are disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: We hold substantial cash reserves. (reserves figure: £95k)
“We hold substantial cash reserves.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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: 12

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 10

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 07/11/2023, 372 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£30k£33k
31/12/2024£31k£26k
31/12/2023£48k£43k
31/12/2022£32k£15k
31/12/2021£32k£27k

Common questions

Is THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £94,873, described by the trustees as 'substantial'. The accounts show a net deficit for the period, with total payments of £33,381 exceeding total receipts of £30,260. The trustees note that increasing work pressures are making recruitment difficult, prompting a look at more paid staff, but no specific financial risks or uncertainties are disclosed. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR£30k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PATIENTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£565k£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTIC COUNCIL FY2026£865k——unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATING THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS) FY2025£2.1m——unclear—no doubt
Association of Higher Education Professionals FY2025£761k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY FY2025£904k—0unclear0.0%no doubt

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