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.

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Latest income
£3.9m
Latest spending
£3.8m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £5k; policy: one quarter of operating revenues)
“The organisation expects that it could take up to five years to rebuild reserves to this level from ordinary operating activity.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
“Despite the steps taken, a surplus for the year, a reduction in the deficit in reserves and an improvement in liquidity, the Trustees have concluded that there still exists a material uncertainty in the current economic environment which casts doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern in the longer term.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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)

Total income
£3.9m
Total spending
£3.8m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
40

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 (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.9m£3.8m
31/03/2024£3.9m£4.7m
31/03/2023£3.5m£4.6m
31/03/2022£5.3m£5.4m
31/03/2021£5.2m£5.2m

Common questions

Is THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Chariot House Limited.

Who funds THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY as a grant recipient include IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATION, THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£544kGrants paid by the Youth Endowment Fund to interventions
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£544k
IMPETUS - THE PRIVATE EQUITY FOUNDATIONFY2025£361kGrants to Youth Endowment Fund interventions
THE YOUTH ENDOWMENT FUND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£361k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2020£65kReducing Parental Conflict (RPC) - Challenge Fund Grant (2020-2021)
UK government01/04/2019£140kTavistock Relationships
UK government01/04/2019£210kReducing Parental Conflict (RPC) - Challenge Fund Grant - Tavistock (TIMP)
UK government01/04/2018£141kTavistock Relationships
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch17/01/2018£2kThe Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch01/06/2017£82kThe Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch17/03/2016£40kThe Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Relationships Sussex.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY£3.9m——below—material uncertainty
Relationships Sussex FY2025£433k—0below—no doubt
Surrey Counselling and Mediation FY2025£332k—0below—no doubt
Relationship Therapy North FY2025£376k—0within—no doubt
The Relationships Centre Leicestershire FY2025£1.4m—0above—no doubt
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE OF HUMAN RELATIONS FY2025£2.1m——below—no doubt

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