PSC SUPPORT

Registered charity 1175427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our activities are to improve the lives of people affected by primary sclerosing cholangitis through support, education, research and advocacy.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£558k

Latest spending

£529k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £668,140 in total funds, comprising £648,380 in unrestricted funds and £19,760 in restricted funds. The trustees report that reserves stand at roughly £147k, which they consider to be equivalent to nine months of operating costs against a policy target of nine months. The charity experienced strong income growth of 40% to £557,632, while total expenditure increased to £528,679.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% of income)

“The charity received a total income of £557,632 including £541,352 from fundraising, donations and merchandise sales” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £648k; policy: nine months operating costs)

“The reserves value held by the charity (which equals to roughly 9 months of running costs), stands at £147k” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — PSC - Support (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£558k

Total spending

£529k

Cost of raising funds

£17k

Reserves (reported)

£147k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

TIM WATERSONchair
Ben Richardson
Charlene Lynnette Oke
Charlotte Vockins
Helen Elder
JAMES BROWN
Lynsey Gillanders · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark William Dean
NICHOLAS KANE
PROFESSOR DAVID HARVEY ADAMS
RICK DALLAWAY
Sophie Wadsworth

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£558k	£529k
05/04/2024	£406k	£309k
05/04/2023	£264k	£127k
05/04/2022	£186k	£43k
05/04/2021	£119k	£51k

Common questions

Is PSC SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £668,140 in total funds, comprising £648,380 in unrestricted funds and £19,760 in restricted funds. The trustees report that reserves stand at roughly £147k, which they consider to be equivalent to nine months of operating costs against a policy target of nine months. The charity experienced strong income growth of 40% to £557,632, while total expenditure increased to £528,679. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PSC SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PSC SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Secondary

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	3	£440k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	3	£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	3	£9k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£36k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	2	£31k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO	2	£31k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£16k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PCD RESEARCH.

PCD RESEARCH income £239k
Psoriasis UK income £629k
COLCHESTER HAS ACTIVE PROSTATE SUPPORT income £200k
PRIMARY CARE DIABETES SOCIETY income £169k
THE PSP ASSOCIATION income £2.1m
CROHN'S & COLITIS UK income £8.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PSC SUPPORT	£558k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
PCD RESEARCH FY2025	£239k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Psoriasis UK FY2025	£629k	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
COLCHESTER HAS ACTIVE PROSTATE SUPPORT FY2025	£200k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PRIMARY CARE DIABETES SOCIETY FY2025	£169k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PSP ASSOCIATION FY2025	£2.1m	—	—	above	23.5%	no doubt

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