PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST

Registered charity 284286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting research both with protected funds used only for research in specified areas, and unrestricted funds, awarded to young researchers in open competition, provided they are supervised and that their research falls within one of the Clinical Academic Groups (CAG) of the IoPPN. Additionally, supporting young psychiatrists from Eastern Europe and developing countries

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

Latest income

£388k

Latest spending

£599k

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased to £5,159,508 from £5,389,554 in the prior year, driven by a net movement in funds of £(230,046). Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,500,673, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for at least 12 months, adhering to a policy of holding 1.5 years of spending in reserve.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 1.5 years spending in cash or near cash (held: £2.5m)

“This works on the basic principle that the Trust should have at least 1.5 years spending in cash or near cash (short - dated gilts and highquality investment grade bonds) held in reserve to ensure that the investment manager is not forced to sell investments at an inopportune time.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Psychiatry Research Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£588k

Total spending

£213k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£2.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~150.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Carmine Pariantechair
Ben Williams · trustee of 1 other charity
MICHAEL STEWART
PROFESSOR EMERITUS PETER LANTOS · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor DINESH BHUGRA · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Elizabeth Kuipers · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor George Szmukler · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Khalida Ismail · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Paola Dazzan · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor STEPHEN SCOTT · trustee of 3 other charities
Professor Tom Craig · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · India · Kent · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£388k	£599k
31/03/2024	£588k	£213k
31/03/2023	£314k	£321k
31/03/2022	£2.1m	£339k
31/03/2021	£616k	£321k

Common questions

Is PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased to £5,159,508 from £5,389,554 in the prior year, driven by a net movement in funds of £(230,046). Unrestricted reserves stood at £2,500,673, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations for at least 12 months, adhering to a policy of holding 1.5 years of spending in reserve. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

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 KNOLL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRH CHARITABLE TRUST.

CRH CHARITABLE TRUST income £385k
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
PTEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION income £716k
ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED income £320k
THE CO-OPERATIVE CLINICAL CANCER THERAPY TRUST FUND income £104k
MASON MEDICAL RESEARCH TRUST income £310k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST	£388k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CRH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£385k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024	£502k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
PTEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2024	£716k	£170,001 - £180,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASTHMA ALLERGY AND INFLAMMATION RESEARCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£320k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CO-OPERATIVE CLINICAL CANCER THERAPY TRUST FUND FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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