THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS
Registered charity 209706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE, THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Institute generated an operating deficit of £244,195 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily due to difficulties in securing new project work and lower-than-planned recruitment. Consequently, unrestricted free reserves are negative £255,442, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' income, although actuarial gains on the pension scheme helped offset the overall deficit.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-255k; policy: three months' income)
“This resulted in unrestricted free reserves (net current assets) of negative £255,442 — below the target reserves level.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Tavistock Institut gGmbH
“At 30 September 2025, the Institute’s accumulated unrestricted reserves (excluding the pension liability) were negative £185,972, of which £69,470 was invested in operational assets (including Tavistock Institut gGmbH).” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (matched by registered charity number).
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (100% 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).
- LUCIAN HUDSONchair
- Alexandros Argyropoulos
- Dr ELIAT ARAM
- Dr Maurice Sher
- Dr Monica Rocio Velarde Lazarte
- Hilary Frazer
- Professor Eenasul Fateh · trustee of 1 other charity
- steve Hearsum
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Brazil · Chile · China · Denmark · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Germany
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Is THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Institute generated an operating deficit of £244,195 for the year ended 30 September 2025, primarily due to difficulties in securing new project work and lower-than-planned recruitment. Consequently, unrestricted free reserves are negative £255,442, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' income, although actuarial gains on the pension scheme helped offset the overall deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.
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