PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
Parkinson's UK drives better care, treatments and quality of life. Together we can bring forward the day when no one fears Parkinson's.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023
Total income:
£47,230,464
Donations and legacies | £43.14m | |
Charitable activities | £541.04k | |
Other trading activities | £2.33m | |
Investments | £1.20m | |
Other | £19.54k |
Total expenditure:
£44,865,426
Raising funds | £9.60m | |
Charitable activities | £35.27m | |
Other | £0 |
£2,160,617 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £279,182 from 28 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
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Raising funds and other expenditure | £9.60m | |
Charitable expenditure | £35.27m | |
Retained for future use | £2.37m |
Raising funds and other expenditure | £9.60m | |
Charitable expenditure | £35.27m | |
Retained for future use | £4.53m |
People

392 Employee(s)
13 Trustee(s)
3733 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 15 |
£70k to £80k | 5 |
£80k to £90k | 3 |
£100k to £110k | 3 |
£110k to £120k | 1 |
£130k to £140k | 1 |
£140k to £150k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Disability
- People With Disabilities
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Throughout England And Wales
- Guernsey
- Isle Of Man
- Jersey
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
Governance
- 18 March 1969: Standard registration
- 02 May 2013: Funds received from 1144167 QUIVERS AND QUAVERS
- 28 April 2015: Funds received from 1093069 THE JAMES PARKINSON CENTRE CORNWALL
- 09 December 2015: Funds received from 1041952 THE FAY MITCHELL MEMORIAL TRUST
- 14 September 2020: Funds received from 1071380 JR AND SA BROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST
- 20 October 2020: Funds received from 1080493 THE BASIL LARSEN 1999 CHARITABLE TRUST
- 27 May 2021: Funds received from 1034615 DEEPING ST. JAMES AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL SHOW S...
- 09 November 2021: Funds received from 1078359 DUNSTABLE AND DISTRICT DISABLED SPORTS
- 13 May 2022: Funds received from 1025388 ROTARY CLUB OF RICKMANSWORTH TRUST FUND
- 27 July 2022: Funds received from 1164331 ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED - SITTINGBOURNE
- 23 August 2022: Funds received from 236644 PENSIONS CHARITY OF CHARLES JONES
- 29 November 2022: Funds received from 1029932 OAKS LADIES CLUB
- 19 December 2022: Funds received from 1038275 BRIDGNORTH OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE AND GOOD NEIGHBOUR...
- 09 February 2023: Funds received from 1065011 MARKET BOSWORTH AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTURAL AND EQU...
- 01 August 2023: Funds received from 513973 SLEAFORD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATIO...
- 06 March 2024: Funds received from 1083962 SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD
- 25 March 2024: Funds received from 1168259 BLACK COUNTRY NEUROLOGICAL ALLIANCE
- 15 July 2024: Funds received from 258554 UMFREVILLE MEMORIAL CHARITY
- 30 August 2024: Funds received from 1090583 NIKLA
- 26 September 2024: Funds received from 1021175 TANNER TRUST
- PARKINSON'S UK (Working name)
- PDS (Working name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
13 Trustee(s)
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Dr Sangita Kulkarni | Trustee | 05 February 2025 |
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Ann Patricia McCallum | Trustee | 20 October 2023 |
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Kathryn Elizabeth Platts | Trustee | 14 October 2023 |
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Brian Carson | Trustee | 09 February 2023 |
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Samantha Esther Aylieff | Trustee | 16 October 2021 |
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Sally Jane Bromley | Trustee | 16 October 2021 |
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Katrina Green | Trustee | 27 April 2020 |
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Elaine Evans | Trustee | 27 March 2020 |
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Helen Jane Burston | Trustee | 12 October 2019 |
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Matthew Brian Durdy | Trustee | 08 August 2018 |
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Dr Andrew Michael James Cavey | Trustee | 08 August 2018 |
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Kyle McClean Alexander | Trustee | 08 August 2018 |
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Gary Shaughnessy | Trustee | 08 August 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £47.36m | £36.32m | £37.59m | £53.47m | £47.23m | |
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Total expenditure | £38.24m | £28.54m | £30.37m | £38.37m | £44.87m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £351.29k | £1.62m | £532.13k | £592.81k | £279.18k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £43.45m | £33.07m | £35.31m | £36.25m | £43.14m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £2.90m | £1.38m | £1.54m | £2.18m | £2.33m | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £351.53k | £1.64m | £553.91k | £594.97k | £541.04k | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £550.26k | £215.00k | £179.39k | £574.33k | £1.20m | |
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Income - Other | £106.60k | £11.00k | £9.77k | £13.86m | £19.54k | |
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Income - Legacies | £22.71m | £18.64m | £19.22m | £19.64m | £24.51m | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £29.85m | £21.68m | £22.97m | £29.79m | £35.27m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £8.39m | £6.86m | £7.40m | £8.58m | £9.60m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £505.07k | £423.00k | £573.72k | £649.38k | £699.12k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £6.57m | £4.51m | £4.36m | £7.39m | £7.68m | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £61.43k | £56.00k | £117.94k | £192.64k | £213.98k | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £3.33m | £2.93m | £3.50m | £2.00m | £1.51k | |
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Long-term investments | £19.54m | £19.81m | £25.51m | £39.03m | £39.89k | |
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Other assets | £23.69m | £30.33m | £36.72m | £36.11m | £40.76k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £16.14m | £14.06m | £13.84m | £16.56m | £17.07k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2022 | 30 October 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2022 | 30 October 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2020 | 25 October 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2020 | 25 October 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 December 2019 | 15 October 2020 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 December 2019 | 15 October 2020 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26/02/1969 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/1970 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/06/1976 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/06/1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/06/1995 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/06/1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/09/2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/09/2012 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/09/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01/10/2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 OCT 2017 AS AMENDED ON 24 OCT 2020 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 OCT 2023
Charitable objects
2.1 TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR PEOPLE WITH THE CONDITION KNOWN AS PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND ALLIED CONDITIONS (REFERRED TO TOGETHER IN THESE ARTICLES AS PARKINSON’S) AND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE SUPPORT AND ADVICE TO PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS, FRIENDS AND CARERS AND OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY PARKINSON’S; 2.2 TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF PARKINSON’S AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; 2.3 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROFESSIONALS ON ISSUES RELATING TO PARKINSON’S; AND 2.4 TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S AND/OR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS, FRIENDS AND CARERS AND OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY PARKINSON’S. IN EACH CASE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Contact information
- Address:
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PARKINSON'S UK
50 BROADWAY
LONDON
SW1H 0DB
- Phone:
- 0207 963 3930
- Email:
- hello@parkinsons.org.uk
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