A timeline of moments from 100 years of the BCA and the chiropractic profession

1907

First Briton travelled to USA to train to be a chiropractor

Further development of the profession in Europe

1920

Estimated to be 6 chiropractors in UK/Ireland

1925

The British Chiropractors’ Association formed in 1925

1925 - 1929

H Ben Bolt - President

1930 - 1931

J Askew Scott - President

1931

6th BCA Conference - idea of a European Chiropractors organisation discussed

1931 - 1932

C H Mathieson - President

1932

Draft European Chiropractor's Constitution Produced

1932 - 1933

O V Melanson - President

1932

British Chiropractors' Association meeting 1932

1933 - 1934

E R Llewellyn - President

1934

Estimated to be 60 chiropractors in the UK

1934 - 1939

O V Melanson - President

1934

BCA Conference 1934

1932

BCA Conference Gala Dinner 1934

1939

Estimated to be 75 Chiropractors in the UK.

1939 - 1945

J H Sandison - President

1945

Around 35 BCA Chiropractors in the UK

Chiropractors start to take on apprentices

1945 - 1948

Miss A N Goddard - President

1948 - 1949

W J C Cleave - President

1949 - 1952

C I Herbert - President

1951

BCA part of the reformation of European Chiropractors' Union.

1952 - 1954

J L Wight - President

1954 - 1957

P Balhatchet - President

1960 - 1962

L L Jeffrey - President

1962 - 1965

Donald H Bennett - President

The Bennett's involvement with the founding of AECC

1964

Early Edition of Contact Magazine

BCA purchases premises in Bournemouth

1965 - 1967

S George Starkey - President

1965

First Students Enter AECC

1967 - 1970

P Jay - President

1970 - 1972

Elizabeth Bennett - President

1972 - 1975

S R Lord - President

1970's

Development of Chiropractic Research in the UK

1975 - 1977

W Brownrigg - President

1977 - 1979

Geoffrey W Thompson - President

Profile of Donald and Elizabeth Bennett on their retirement

1979 - 1981

Tom B Gwilliam - President

1981 - 1983

Ian M Hutchinson - President

1982

Further expansion of AECC

1983 - 1985

George R Walker - President

Group Captain C Simons

1985

BCA Diamond Jubilee Celebrations

1985 - 1987

Michael C Copland-Griffiths - President

1987 - 1990

Sue L Moore - President

1990 - 1993

Graham S Heale - President

1993 - 1995

Ian M Hutchinson - President

BCA central in work to lobby for regulation

Parliament group

1994

Chiropractors' Act is passed

1994 - 2014

Sue Wakefield Executive Director

1994

First Edition of InTouch newsletter

1995 - 1999

Peter C Dixon - President

1998

Formation of the College of Chiropractic

1997

First publicly funded chiropractic course

BCA Starts Public Relations Work

1999 - 2001

Michael J Barber - President

2001

Mike Barber and George Carruthers

2001 - 2003

George C Carruthers - President

2003

Contact Magazine Winter 2003

2003

My moment - Anne Barlow

2003 - 2007

Barry Lewis - President

2004

BCA Issues Disability Act Guidance

2004

Contact Magazine June 2004

2004

Parliamentary event May 2004

2004

Watch Your Back launched

2004

Contact Magazine Winter 2004

2004

First 'Front Desk' event for clinic staff

2005

80 Years of the BCA

2005

Chiropractors working in Uganda

2005

Chiropractic Awareness Week 2005

2006

2300 chiropractors on the GCC register.

2006

Contact Magazine Spring 2006

2006

BCA moves into Castle Street, Reading

2006

Spring Conference 2006

2006

Castle Street Official Opening

2006

Student and New Graduate Committee Formed

2006

Autumn Conference 2006

2007

Straighten Up UK Launched

2007 - 2009

Tony Metcalfe - President

2007

Autumn Conference 2007

2007

Adverse effects of spinal manipulation published

2009 - 2013

Richard Brown - President

2012

Royal Charter awarded to College of Chiropractors

2013 - 2017

Matthew Bennett - President

2014 - 2017

Satjit Singh - CEO

2017 - 2023

Catherine Quinn - President

2017

Launch of Society for Promoting Chiropractic Education

2017 - 2019

Mark Rawden - CEO

2018

Chiropractic course at LSBU opens

2019 - 2022

Tom Mullarkey MBE - CEO

2019

My moment - Anne Barlow

2019

My moment - Anne Barlow

2019

BCA Members in the Media: Elle Magazine

BCA in Elle Magazine 2019

2020

COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

First BCA Session takes place

First BCA Session promo email

2020

BCA Members in the Media: BBC Radio Bristol

2020

Chiropractic course at Teesside University opens

2020

BCA Hosts its First Ever Online Conference

BCA Conference 2020

2021

My Moment - Katrin Mahfuz

2021

New Committee Structure Established

BCA Committee Structure

2021

First Interactive Online Contact Magazine

Digital Contact magazine

2021

BCA Members in the Media: BBC Radio 4

2021

Awarded ‘Highly Commended’ for Best COVID-19 Support

BCA Team at Memcom 2021

2021

BCA Launches New Brand

BCA's vision, mission and aims

2021

Contact Magazine Redesigned

2021 Contact magazine

2021

My moment - Sam Tiley 1st Christmas as a chiropractor

2022

BCA Members in the Media: National Health Executive

National Health Executive Article 2022

2022

New BCA Patient Charter Launched

Tim Button signing the BCA Patient Charter

2022

BCA Chiropractors Make Commonwealth Games History

Commonwealth Games

2022

BCA Named Best Professional Body of the Year

BCA Team at Memcom 2022

2022

The Homecoming Conference

BCA Conference: The Homecoming

2023

New BCA Knowledge Hub Launched

BCA Knowledge Hub Screenshot

2023

BCA Members in the Media: Channel 4

BCA Member, Nick Grimshaw, on Channel 4

2023

New BCA Research

BCA Research Findings 2023

2023

BCA Member Survey

2023 BCA Survey Results

2023

BCA Members in the Media: BBC Midlands

BCA Member, Gemma Phipps, on BBC Midlands

2023

Chiropractors contribute to new WHO Guideline

2023 -

Tim Button - 37th President of the BCA

2024

My Moment - Meeting with Students

Katrin and Tim trying the arcade machine at the HSU

2024

BCA Starts Public Affairs Work

BCA CEO, Cait Allen, MP, Caroline Nokes and BCA Board Member, Philippa Oakley

2024

Brianna Joins the BCA as Partnerships and Events Executive

Brianna Ryder-Maki

2024

First Westminster Roundtable in 30 Years

2024

BCA Members in the Media: The One Show

BCA Member, Faye Deane, on The One Show

2024

BCA Members in the Media: The Metro

BCA in The Metro

2024

30th Anniversary of the Chiropractors Act

Chiropractors Act 1994

2024

My Moment - Taking part in the BCA's Back Health Calculator

Katrin in the BCA's Back Health Calculator

2024

BCA Launches the Back Health Calculator

The BCA Back Health Calculator

2024

BCA Members in the Media: Health Industry Leaders

Health Industry Leaders EMagazine

2024

BCA Members in the Media: The Telegraph

BCA Member Philippa Oakley in The Telegraph

2024

New GCC Code Approved

GCC New Code Graphic

2025

BCA Members in the Media: The Telegraph

Philippa Oakley in The Telegraph 2025

2025

Chiropractic in the House of Lords

House of Lords Discussion

2025

BCA Members in the Media: The Guardian

BCA in The Guardian 2025

2025

First Ever BCA Parliamentary Drop-in Event

BCA representatives talking to MPs at Parliament drop in event

2025

New Health Economics Report

Infographic about new BCA research 2025

2024

BCA Staff Team Moment

March 2025

3,959 Chiropractors on the GCC Register