THE INCORPORATED SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH

Registered charity 207325 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOCIETY FOR PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, SPR

Publication of informative journals. Operation of lending and reading library. Holding of lectures and conferences. Provision of education and advice. Award of grants in aid of research.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £521,891 for the year, driven by a significant donation from Prof. Yew-Kwang Ng and positive investment gains. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stand at £2,446,370 and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00044861

Funders the charity credits

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

• The John Björkhem Memorial foundation — “The John Björkhem Memorial foundation has announced that grants for parapsychological research are available.” (source page)

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.

• RUICKBIE, Liam Paul, Dr — director, appointed 28/05/2022on trustee list
• COOPER, Callum Elliot, Dr — director, appointed 30/01/2020on trustee list
• PARKER, Adrian David, Professor — director, appointed 12/04/2018on trustee list
• KIDD, Graham Terence Barton, Dr — director, appointed 12/04/2018on trustee list
• BARTON, Marian Elizabeth — director, appointed 11/01/2018on trustee list
• FARRELL, Ciaran Jon — director, appointed 29/04/2017on trustee list
• MCLUHAN, Robert Gordon Martin — director, appointed 09/02/2017on trustee list
• FRASER, John — director, appointed 18/06/2015on trustee list
• COLVIN, Barrie George, Dr — director, appointed 11/01/2014on trustee list
• BROUGHTON, Richard Stanley, Dr — director, appointed 04/12/2008on trustee list
• RYAN, Adrian Paul — director, appointed 25/01/2007on trustee list
• MURDIE, Alan David — director, appointed 12/10/2005on trustee list
• ROUSSEAU, Julie Anne — director, appointed 05/02/2004on trustee list
• ROUSSEAU, David Nicholas, Dr — director, appointed 20/02/2003on trustee list
• WILLIN, Melvyn John, Dr — director, appointed 07/12/2000on trustee list
• RUFFLES, Thomas Harry, Dr — director, appointed 22/04/1995not on trustee list
• CARR, Bernard John, Professor — directornot on trustee list
• JOHNSON, Peter Maurice — secretary, appointed 01/05/1999

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); recorded price paid £1.2m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~90.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (78% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Emeritus Professor Caroline Agnes Wattchair
• ADRIAN RYAN
• ALAN MURDIE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ashley Knibb
• CIARAN FARRELL
• DR GRAHAM KIDD
• Dr Ann Winsper
• Dr BARRIE GEORGE COLVIN
• Dr CALLUM ELLIOTT COOPER
• Dr DAVID NICHOLAS ROUSSEAU · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr DAVID VERNON
• Dr DEBORAH ERICKSON
• Dr LIAM PAUL RUICKBIE
• Dr MELVYN JOHN WILLIN
• Dr Malcolm Barlow Schofield
• Dr RICHARD STANLEY BROUGHTON
• Dr THOMAS HARRY RUFFLES PHD
• Dr ZOFIA WEAVER
• JOHN FRASER
• JULIE ANNE ROUSSEAU
• MARIAN BARTON
• PROFESSOR BERNARD JOHN CARR MA, PHD
• PROFESSOR CHRIS ROE
• PROFESSOR EMERITUS ADRIAN DAVID PARKER
• ROBERT MCLUHAN
• STEVEN PARSONS
• TyLean Tuijl

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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