THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Registered charity 211058 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TAVISTOCK CENTRE FOR COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, TAVISTOCK RELATIONSHIPS

TIMP through its operating arm, Tavistock Relationships, aims to provide services that support couples, strengthen families and safeguard children. It's work is geared to improving the quality of adult couple relationships, preventing family breakdown, supporting positive parenting and thereby promoting healthy development in children.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ADULT COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS, PREVENT FAMILY BREAKDOWN AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF ADULTS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF:(A) PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL SERVICES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE FAMILY DISTRESS AND BREAKDOWN; AND(B) TRAINING, CONSULTATION AND OTHER SERVICES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE AND DEVELOP SERVICES TO COUPLES AND FAMILIES.2. TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION OF WORK THAT CONTRIBUTES TO AND PROMOTES BOTH PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COUPLE AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; AND3. TO PROMOTE THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OR PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING AND ITS APPLICATION IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS.

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.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £115,748 in the year ended 31 March 2025, marking a significant shift from previous years of deficit. However, the trustees report a material uncertainty regarding going concern due to a lack of reserves and reliance on future funding to ensure ongoing sustainability. Per the balance sheet, the charity holds a net deficit of £519,539, which is below the stated reserves policy target of £800,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chariot House Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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.

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, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 27/04/2026, 86 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 08/05/2025, 97 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 21/08/2024, 203 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 08/03/2022, 36 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tavistock Relationships (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Andrew Balfour — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/04/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gail Susan Kent
• JANE SMITH
• Jane McDonagh
• Jennie Younger
• Lucy Marks MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Marijana Sevic
• Robin James Sinclair Taylor
• STAN RUSZCZYNSKI

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS.

• THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS income £2.1m
• Relationships Plymouth income £71k
• TAVISTOCK AND PORTMAN CHARITY income £156k
• TAVISTOCK PRE-SCHOOL GROUP income £159k
• TEIGNBRIDGE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £1.1m
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY ( AGIP ) income £159k

Side by side with its peers

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