TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 214348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7830040 · Wikipedia · also known as TCPA

Our activities work towards improving the art of town and country planning and in reaching our objectives: securing decent homes for everyone in a good human-scale environment combining the best features of town and country; empowering people and communities to influence decisions that affect them; and improving the planning system in accordance with the principles of sustainable development

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, AND TO PROMOTE ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IN THE SAID ART AND SCIENCE AND IN ALL OTHER ARTS AND SCIENCES CONNECTED THEREWITH.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £32,455, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £1,577,306, which the Board considers sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining six to twelve months of core running costs. The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“One employee received employment benefits in the range £60,001 to £70,000 in the year (2024: no employees), none in the range £70,001 to £80,000 (2024: no employees) none in the range £80,001 to £90,000 (2024: one employee), and one in the range £90,001 to £100,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“One employee received employment benefits in the range £60,001 to £70,000 in the year (2024: no employees), none in the range £70,001 to £80,000 (2024: no employees) none in the range £80,001 to £90,000 (2024: one employee), and one in the range £90,001 to £100,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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
Campaigns and political activity 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
Paying staff
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 27
Government income: £263,150 — contracts £263,150 (188); 25% of the £1,069,285 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

Volunteers: 20
Government income: £384,584 — contracts £384,584 (181); 17% of the £2,229,040 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

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

Volunteers: 25
Government income: £320,736 — contracts £320,736 (197); 29% of the £1,098,287 total gross income on the same return
Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 00146309

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.

ROBSON, Brian Benjamin — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
FROUD, Mark James — director, appointed 19/11/2025on trustee list
KHAN, Aamina Ruqayya — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
KAPOOR, Riva — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
SEWELL, Alicia Rose — director, appointed 19/07/2023on trustee list
DAVOUDI, Simin, Professor — director, appointed 13/07/2022on trustee list
ANDREWS, Stuart Daniel — director, appointed 03/05/2021on trustee list
GALLENT, Nicholas Mark — director, appointed 08/07/2020on trustee list
GAWERA, Aranvir Singh — director, appointed 10/07/2019on trustee list
GERAGHTY, Peter James — director, appointed 10/07/2018on trustee list
SMITH, Robin Glenn — director, appointed 30/06/2016on trustee list
MACINNES, Gilian Cameron — director, appointed 30/06/2016on trustee list
PRITCHARD, Andrew James — director, appointed 30/06/2016on trustee list
FRYER, Sandra Rosa — director, appointed 24/06/2014on trustee list
LOCK, Katherine Annie — secretary, appointed 29/04/2026

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). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£1k

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~15.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Aamina Khan
Alicia Rose Sewell · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew Pritchard
Aranvir Singh Gawera
Brian Benjamin Robson
CATRIONA RIDDELL
Gilian MacInnes
Mark James Froud · trustee of 3 other charities
Nicholas Mark Gallent
Peter Geraghty
Professor Simin Davoudi · trustee of 1 other charity
ROBIN SMITH
Riva Kapoor
Sandra Fryer · trustee of 1 other charity
Stuart Daniel Andrews

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2024	£2.2m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2021	£1.0m	£999k

Common questions

Is TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a small deficit of £32,455, contrasting with a surplus in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stand at £1,577,306, which the Board considers sufficient to meet their policy of maintaining six to twelve months of core running costs. The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MC Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDON	FY2023	£249k	A grant to strengthen support for people and communities
THE NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£85k	Nurturing Ideas to Change the Housing System

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	25/03/2026	£67k	Championing design to enable physical activity
Sport England	09/10/2023	£495k	Championing design to enable physical activity
Sport England	19/08/2021	£62k	Healthy, Active Communities
Sport England	26/10/2020	£19k	Healthy, Active Communities
Sport England	14/11/2019	£172k	Healthy, Active Communities

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£70k
The Keith Howard Foundation	1	£20k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£9k
THE SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	1	£5k
THE ARCHER TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PLANNING AID WALES.

PLANNING AID WALES income £181k
Centre for Thriving Places income £494k
PLANNING OFFICERS SOCIETY income £89k
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION income £890k
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS income £627k
STAA income £313k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ASSOCIATION	£1.1m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
PLANNING AID WALES FY2026	£181k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Centre for Thriving Places FY2025	£494k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
PLANNING OFFICERS SOCIETY FY2025	£89k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY ACTION FY2025	£890k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARTICIPATE PROJECTS FY2025	£627k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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