Parkinson's Europe

Registered charity 1163211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EPDA, EUROPEAN PARKINSON'S DISEASE ASSOCIATION

Membership Association

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM PARKINSON’S DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:-1) TO CHALLENGE EXISTING MIND-SETS, SHIFT ATTITUDES AND REMOVE THE HURDLES THAT PREVENT PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S FROM RECEIVING EARLY AND APPROPRIATE TREATMENT ANDINDIVIDUALISED CARE;2) TO INCREASE PUBLIC AND POLITICAL AWARENESS OF PARKINSON’S; AND3) TO HELP REDUCE STIGMA AND REMOVE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£592k
Latest spending
£454k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £84,467 to a total of £386,583, while the charity maintained a reserves policy target of four months' administration costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, and the independent examiner reported no matters causing concern regarding the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 months expenditure (held: £387k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 4 month’s expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

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

Total income
£592k
Total spending
£454k
Reserves (reported)
£296k
Employees
7

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% 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: 0.0% 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: Belgium · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Faroe Islands · France · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Ireland · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£592k£454k
31/12/2024£504k£424k
31/12/2023£578k£571k
31/12/2022£324k£575k
31/12/2021£606k£564k

Common questions

Is Parkinson's Europe financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £84,467 to a total of £386,583, while the charity maintained a reserves policy target of four months' administration costs. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for the foreseeable future, and the independent examiner reported no matters causing concern regarding the financial statements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EUROPE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Parkinson's Europe£592k——above—no doubt
EUROPE TRUST FY2024£1.4m—0above—no doubt
PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FY2024£48.6m£140,001 - £150,000—unclear23.2%no doubt
UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN EUROPE TRUST FY2024£330k—0unclear—no doubt
FATIMA'S UK CAMPAIGN FY2025£310k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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