OSCR Scottish charity profile

Royal College Of Psychiatrists

Known as Royal College of Psychiatrists

ActiveCharity number SC038369
Registered21 June 2007
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC038369
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
416
Postcode
E1 8BB

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of health

Beneficiaries

  • People with disabilities or health problems
  • Other defined groups
  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

(a) advance the science and practice of psychiatry and related subjects. (b) further public education therein. (c) promote study and research work in psychiatry and all sciences and disciplines connected with the understanding and treatment of mental disorder in all its forms and aspects and related subjects and publish the results of all such study and research.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2025£0£0416Not supplied
31 December 2024£29,606,000£28,364,00041625 September 2025
31 December 2023£23,736,000£24,767,00041622 August 2024
31 December 2022£22,755,000£23,158,00041627 September 2023
31 December 2021£21,099,000£20,506,0004165 August 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
21 Prescot Street, London
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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