Pyramus & Thisbe Society

What Pyramus & Thisbe Society does

The Pyramus & Thisbe Society is a UK-based learned society and the only professional body dedicated to Party Wall and neighbourly matters in England and Wales. Founded in 1974 as the Pyramus & Thisbe Club, it played a pivotal role in framing the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 and in 2020 transitioned from a social club into a formal learned society offering structured professional development and recognised post-nominal credentials (MPTS for Members, FPTS for Fellows). It serves party wall surveyors as the primary customer segment, alongside allied professionals (lawyers, engineers, architects, barristers), property owners affected by Party Wall matters, and construction students. The Society operates 16 regional branches across England and Wales that deliver CPD, networking, and local events, supplementing national conferences, webinars, the annual National Chairperson's Lunch, and an annual P&T Journal.

The Society's core offerings are membership subscriptions, knowledge products, and events rather than software or technology. It sells its flagship publication 'The Party Wall Act Explained' (now in its 4th edition, priced at £45), recorded seminar and conference videos (£30–£75), and runs the Find a Surveyor directory that routes property-owner demand to member surveyors. A Party Wall Mediation Scheme is operated jointly with the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors, and in 2026 the Society launched P&T Leading Lights, a networking forum for the Rights to Light and Daylight & Sunlight Amenity industry, absorbing the Light Knights community founded by Rapleys. There is no proprietary technology stack, no AI/ML capability, no app, and no SDK or API; the digital surface is a standard WordPress website plus member portal.

The business model is membership-fee driven with diversified supplements. Membership is priced at three tiers: Student (free, for students of recognised professional construction qualifications), Associate (£140/year, full benefits during probation), and Affiliate (£70/year, for non-surveyors). Revenue is supplemented by publication sales, event fees ranging from £10–£170 for members and non-members, and shop sales. The Society is a private, unlisted, nonprofit organisation headquartered in Northern Ireland (registered address Rathdale House, 30 Back Road, Rathfriland, Newry, BT34 5QF) with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue. Management is volunteer-led across functional officers: Chair, Secretary, Finance Officer/Treasurer, Education Officer, Membership Officer, Publications Officer, IT/Website Officer, and Diversity & Inclusion Officer.

Name

Pyramus & Thisbe Society

Legal name

The Pyramus & Thisbe Society

Website

https://pyramusandthisbesociety.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Pyramus & Thisbe Society is the UK's only learned society dedicated to Party Wall and neighbourly matters, serving party wall surveyors, allied professionals, and property owners through tiered membership, publications, events, and a national directory and mediation scheme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Membership Society

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (81392), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Professional learned society
• Party wall surveying
• Neighbourly matters
• Membership association
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Rathfriland, Newry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual membership subscriptions charged at different tiers. Associate Member at £140/year (full membership whilst completing probation), Affiliate Member at £70/year (for non-surveyors such as lawyers, engineers). Student membership is free.
2. Publication Sales: Sale of educational publications including 'The Party Wall Act Explained' (4th edition, £45) and various video/seminar recordings (£30-£75). Members receive discounted pricing.
3. Event Fees: Revenue from national and regional events including conferences, seminars, and networking gatherings. Event pricing varies by membership status (members receive discounts) and event type, ranging from £10-£170.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Pyramus & Thisbe Society is a UK-based learned society for party wall professionals. It operates a tiered membership programme (Student, Associate, Affiliate), publishes educational books and journals on the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, runs CPD-accredited conferences and regional branch events, maintains an online Find a Surveyor directory, and provides a Party Wall Mediation Scheme for dispute resolution.

Product overview

Pyramus & Thisbe Society is a learned society for party wall professionals offering a membership-based platform with tiered programs (Student, Associate, Affiliate), an online directory for finding surveyors, and a comprehensive knowledge bank of guides and FAQs. The society publishes 'The Party Wall Act Explained' (now in its 4th edition), an annual P&T Journal, and video recordings of seminars and national conferences. It operates a Party Wall Mediation Scheme for dispute resolution and has recently launched 'P&T Leading Lights', a networking forum for Rights to Light professionals. The society organizes regional branch events across 16 UK locations offering CPD points.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• P&T Leading Lights: A new networking forum for the Rights to Light Industry, launched in 2026. This forum brings together surveyors, solicitors, insurers, architects, and related professionals working with natural light issues, including the established Light Knights community.

Products and services

• Membership Programmes Tiered membership programmes for students, probationary surveyors, and allied professionals, providing CPD opportunities, listing in the Find a Surveyor directory, post-nominal status (MPTS/FPTS), and member discounts on events and publications.
• The Party Wall Act Explained A5 paperback publication (commonly referred to as 'The Green Book') providing a clause-by-clause analysis of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. Sold at £45 and aimed at all parties affected by or administering the Act.
• Seminar and Conference Video Recordings Recorded seminar and national conference videos covering party wall topics (e.g., Is the Party Wall really optional?, Cracking in Masonry Buildings, Selby v Whitbread). Sold at £30–£75 per recording.
• National and Regional Branch Events CPD-accredited conferences, seminars, branch meetings, webinars and networking events across 16 regional branches. Pricing ranges from £10–£170, with member discounts.
• Party Wall Mediation Scheme

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Daytona Consult LtdminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2026Dan Tapscott of Daytona Consult Ltd, P&T Fellow and Light Knights founder, is providing the introductory talk at the P&T Leading Lights launch event 'Shedding Light on Light'.
• The Tokenhouse / The ConductorminorOthers · 1 July 2026Event venue hosting for P&T Leading Lights launch event on 1 July 2026 at The Tokenhouse, Moorgate, London EC2R 6DA.
• Light KnightscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Light Knights, a networking community for Rights to Light professionals founded by Rapleys in 2022, is joining the new P&T Leading Lights forum. This brings an established community of professionals focused on Rights to Light and Daylight & Sunlight Amenity into the Society's ecosystem.
• RapleysminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Through P&T Leading Lights, Light Knights (established by Rapleys in 2022) joins the Society's forum. Rapleys' Head of Neighbourly Matters, Natasha Bray, expressed support for the collaboration.
• Faculty of Party Wall SurveyorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint establishment of The Party Wall Mediation Scheme, which promotes mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution in Party Wall Award appeals. The scheme was set up jointly with His Honour Edward Bailey and the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Emerging players

• Property Litigation Association: A UK membership organization for lawyers dealing with property disputes, including party wall litigation. PLA represents an adjacent learned-society model serving a related stakeholder group, and its membership overlaps with P&T's Affiliate Members (solicitors and barristers with party wall interests).
• Rights to Light Consultancy (Anstey Horne): A specialist Rights to Light surveying firm that overlaps with P&T's newly launched P&T Leading Lights forum. Comparable as a specialist private-sector player in the niche P&T is moving into, illustrating the commercial opportunity in Rights to Light that P&T is seeking to organize as a professional community.

Broad incumbents

• Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB): UK chartered body for construction management and building professionals. CIOB overlaps with P&T in serving construction-sector professionals who may encounter party wall matters, though CIOB's scope is far broader. It illustrates the model of a chartered body delivering CPD, publications, and member directories that P&T follows at a niche scale.
• The Law Society: The statutory professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. The Law Society represents the broader ecosystem in which P&T's Affiliate Member solicitors operate. While not a direct peer in surveying, it shares the learned society operating model (membership tiers, regional structure, publications, regulatory representation) at a much larger scale.
• Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA): The chartered body for UK architects, many of whom interact with party wall matters as 'building owners' or 'adjoining owners' advisers. RIBA represents the adjacent professional body ecosystem that P&T's Affiliate Member tier (which includes architects) bridges into. Comparable in delivering CPD, regional events, and publications through a membership model.
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS): The dominant chartered body for UK surveyors across all surveying disciplines. RICS is a direct peer in terms of serving the same surveying professionals, but operates at a vastly broader scope (valuation, construction, property) compared to P&T's narrow Party Wall focus. RICS is the umbrella body whose MRICS designation surveyors often hold in addition to P&T membership.
• The Survey Association (TSA): A UK trade association for commercial surveying companies (geospatial, land, building survey). TSA shares a learned society / trade body operating model (tiered membership, CPD events, regional activity) and serves an overlapping community of surveying practitioners, though focused on the commercial / measurement side rather than party wall.
• Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (CICES): UK chartered body for civil engineering surveyors with overlapping member base (some surveyors hold both party wall and civil engineering credentials). CICES is comparable as a small-to-mid-sized chartered learned society using tiered membership, CPD events, and publications.

Direct peers

• Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors: The other UK body specifically dedicated to Party Wall surveyors, with which P&T jointly operates the Party Wall Mediation Scheme. FPWS represents the only direct competitor for the 'leading learned society' status in this niche, and the partnership is a strong signal of an oligopolistic duopoly structure in the Party Wall surveyor professional body market.

Others

• Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB): A long-established UK learned society (founded 1877) focused on building conservation. SPAB is comparable in operating model — membership tiers, CPD seminars, regional activity, publications, learned society status — but operates in a different property-discipline niche. It shows how a specialist learned society can endure and monetize authority over decades.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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