The following payments were made by the pharmaceutical industry directly to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 21 Prescot Street, London. For the year 2019 payments totaled £64,250 [source: ABPI Disclosure UK]
Little detail is given other than these payments were for “joint working” or “event sponsorship”.
Each year the RCPsych International Congress is widely marketed and provides a net surplus. Here is an example from 2017, when the net surplus was £363,000:
The Royal College of Psychiatrists headquarters is available for venue hire [the rates for this hire are not given]:
Whenever commercial factors are involved with large organisations such as this, the potential for acknowledged and unacknowledged influence will be present.