THE SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Registered charity 238441 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as S A P, THE SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY LTD

Trains analysts & psychotherapists; develops the ideas of C.G.Jung through clinical practice and research; educates professionals and the public through talks, courses, seminars & conferences; publishes theoretical and clinical material, including the leading international Jungian journal, Journal of Analytical Psychology; provides reduced-fee analysis to members of the public through its clinic.

Objects

3.1.1 WITH A VIEW TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE:(A) THE PRACTICE AND APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY IN AND TO MEDICAL AND OTHER FIELDS.(B) EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY, ITS PRINCIPLES, PRACTICE AND APPLICATION.(C) THE INCREASE OF KNOWLEDGE IN RELATION TO ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY.(D) THE DIFFUSION OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ADVANTAGES THAT ACCRUE FROM THE PRACTICE AND APPLICATION OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONSISTENTLY WITH THE FOREGOING.

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

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

Latest income
£505k
Latest spending
£596k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a total deficit of £155,712 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of total reserves from £1.724 million to £1.598 million. The trustees acknowledge that finances have been in a vulnerable condition for over a decade but consider current reserves sufficient to cover the deficit and anticipate reduced deficits from 2027 onwards following strategic improvements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: until the activities can be brought onto a breakeven basis (reserves figure: £1.3m)
“The SAP's unrestricted funds are retained to subsidise charitable activities until the activities can be brought onto a breakeven basis.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). 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 31/08/2025)

Total income
£505k
Total spending
£596k
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£1.3m
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~25.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (66% 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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
31/08/2025£505k£596k
31/08/2024£552k£662k
31/08/2023£552k£610k
31/08/2022£536k£575k
31/08/2021£785k£568k

Common questions

Is THE SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a total deficit of £155,712 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in a reduction of total reserves from £1.724 million to £1.598 million. The trustees acknowledge that finances have been in a vulnerable condition for over a decade but consider current reserves sufficient to cover the deficit and anticipate reduced deficits from 2027 onwards following strategic improvements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GROUP ANALYTIC SOCIETY ,INTERNATIONAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SOCIETY OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY£505k——unclear—no doubt
GROUP ANALYTIC SOCIETY ,INTERNATIONAL FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GUILD OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS FY2025£70k—0above—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF JUNGIAN ANALYSTS LIMITED FY2025£169k—0above—no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS FY2025£64k—0unclear54.1%no doubt
C G JUNG CLUB LONDON FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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