# PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1217557
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 10, 2026
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1217557


## Contact

- **Address:** King's College London, IoPPN, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE5 8AB
- **Phone:** 02078480319
- **Email:** psychiatry_research_trust@kcl.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.psychiatryresearchtrust.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST IS BASED AT THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE AND WAS SET UP BY A TRUST DEED DATED 20TH JANUARY 1982. IT RAISES FUNDS FOR RESEARCH INTO ALL ASPECTS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND BRAIN DISORDER UNDERTAKEN AT THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY, PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE AND ITS ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH TRUST (SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY FOUNDATION TRUST, GUY?S AND ST THOMAS? NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, AND KING?S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST).AT THE PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST, WE ARE DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING YOUNG SCIENTISTS IN THEIR GROUNDBREAKING RESEARCH EFFORTS WITHIN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH. THROUGH OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS, WE AIM TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE, RAISE AWARENESS, AND ORGANISE IMPACTFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND FUNDRAISING EVENTS. BY COLLABORATING WITH THE BRIGHTEST MINDS, WE STRIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TREATMENT, ULTIMATELY ENHANCING THE WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS WORLDWIDE. THE PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH TRUST RAISES FUNDS TO SUPPORT A WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH PROJECTS INVESTIGATING THE CAUSES OF, AND SEEKING BETTER TREATMENTS FOR, MENTAL ILLNESS AND BRAIN DISEASE.

**Activities:** The Psychiatry Research Trust supports staff based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's college London or at the associated Mental Health Trusts. We fund research projects, pilot studies, prizes and awards to improve understanding and treatment of mental health.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London




## Trustees

- **Carmine Pariante** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 22, 2018
- Ben Williams — appointed Nov. 13, 2014
- Michael Stewart — appointed Dec. 14, 2011
- PROFESSOR EMERITUS PETER LANTOS
- Professor DINESH BHUGRA
- Professor Elizabeth Kuipers — appointed April 18, 2016
- Professor George Szmukler — appointed Nov. 22, 2018
- Professor Khalida Ismail — appointed Jan. 1, 2018
- Professor Paola Dazzan — appointed May 17, 2018
- Professor STEPHEN SCOTT
- Professor Thomas Jamieson-Criag — appointed April 18, 2016