PULMONARY VASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1127115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PVRI is an independent medical research organization devoted to increasing the awareness and knowledge of pulmonary vascular diseases, and to facilitating advances in the treatment of affected people worldwide.

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Latest income
£965k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a healthy financial position with total funds carried forward of £2.267m. However, the trustees note that the charity will need to draw significantly on reserves for the next 3–4 years to fund ongoing work due to the winding down of its largest historical funding source, CMREF. The charity acknowledges a lack of income diversification and the unpredictable nature of currency markets as key risks to its future sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£965k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~20.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Argentina · Brazil · Canada · China · Colombia · France · Germany · Greece · India · Italy · Kent · Peru

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£965k£1.1m
31/12/2024£611k£525k
31/12/2023£640k£820k
31/12/2022£199k£821k
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.1m

Common questions

Is PULMONARY VASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a healthy financial position with total funds carried forward of £2.267m. However, the trustees note that the charity will need to draw significantly on reserves for the next 3–4 years to fund ongoing work due to the winding down of its largest historical funding source, CMREF. The charity acknowledges a lack of income diversification and the unpredictable nature of currency markets as key risks to its future sustainability. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION (UK).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE£965k——unclear—no doubt
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION (UK) FY2025£166k—0below—no doubt
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION UK FY2025£782k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VASCULAR SOCIETY FY2025£590k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHRONIC DISEASE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025£214k—0above—no doubt
NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG FOUNDATION FY2025£765k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.