EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIETY

Registered charity 258747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE E P S

The Experimental Psychology Society is for the furtherance of scientific enquiry within the field of Psychology and cognate subjects. It holds periodical meetings at which papers are read and discussions are held. It disseminates information & educational material made available as a consequence of psychological reaearch, including publication of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Objects

THE FURTHERANCE OF SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY WITHIN THE FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNATE SUBJECTS, BY HOLDING PERIODICAL MEETINGS AT WHICH PAPERS MAY BE READ AND DISCUSSIONS HELD, AND BY SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DECIDED UPON BY THE SOCIETY, AND THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL MADE AVAILABLE AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH INCLUDING THE PUBLICATION OF THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY. THE SOCIETY SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN ANY ACTIVITY INTENDED TO AFFECT THE PROFESSIONAL STATUS OF ITS MEMBERS OF OF PSYCHOLOGISTS GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: UNRESTRICTED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £11,221 for the year ended 30 September 2025, following a surplus in the previous year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £819,955, which is above the stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to one year's annual expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Adam Parker
• Dr Angela Maria Theresia de Bruin
• Dr Clare Ann Marie Sutherland
• Dr Emily May Crowe
• Dr Gonzalo Pablo Urcelay
• Dr Ho Ching Mak
• Dr Katie Louise Heidi Gray
• Dr Kay Laird Ritchie
• Dr Nadine Lavan
• Dr Rachael Catherine Hulme
• Dr Ruth Filik
• Professor Antonia Felicity de Courcy Hamilton
• Professor Asifa Majid
• Professor Jeremy John Tree
• Professor Patrick Haggard

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY income £13.4m
• THE RESEARCH SOCIETY FOR PROCESS ORIENTED PSYCHOLOGY (UK) LTD income £216k
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