VASCULITIS UK

Registered charity 1180473 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Vasculitis UK tries to support people in the UK with any of the 21 different types. They do this through providing information both online, social media and written text. By providing research grants to try to find a cure or better treatment for sufferers. By supporting carers and families and help them to understand the condition. By being advocates with the medical professionals.

Objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE IN RELATION TO VASCULITIS DISEASES, INCLUDING BY:A. SUPPORTING RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALL TYPES OF VASCULITIS DISEASES;ANDB. INCREASING GENERAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF VASCULITIS DISEASES AMONGST MEDICALPROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC; AND(II) THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM VASCULITIS DISEASES, THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS,INCLUDING BY:A. PROVIDING SUPPORT, INFORMATION, ADVICE AND ADVOCACY ; ANDB. REPRESENTING SUCH PERSONS ON NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL BODIES.C. TO FORGE LINKS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITH SIMILAR ORGANISATIONS AS MAY BE BENEFICIAL TO THE AIMS OF THE CHARITY

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

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

Latest income

£292k

Latest spending

£209k

Registered

2018

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £83,003 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £941,611. The trustees consider these reserves to be more than sufficient to cover fixed costs for the following year. The charity operates on a going concern basis with very low fixed costs and no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: more than sufficient to cover the charity’s fixed costs for 2025/26 (held: £942k)

“The trustees consider that the unrestricted reserves of £946,321 (2024 - £858,607) at 31 March 2025 will be more than sufficient to cover the charity’s fixed costs for 2025/26.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee expenses reimbursed

“Expenses were reimbursed to trustees totalling £819 (2024 - £1,593). There were no other transactions with related parties.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vasculitis UK (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Claire Tollidaychair
Antony George Hart
Diana Jeanette Shonfield
Dr Peter Anthony Rutherford
Giles Roger Collins Hart
Heidi Joanne Pollard
Jane Louise Edwards
Maxine Dawn Wright

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
31/03/2025	£292k	£209k
31/03/2024	£226k	£221k
31/03/2023	£240k	£189k
31/03/2022	£223k	£162k
31/03/2021	£196k	£97k

Common questions

Is VASCULITIS UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £83,003 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £941,611. The trustees consider these reserves to be more than sufficient to cover fixed costs for the following year. The charity operates on a going concern basis with very low fixed costs and no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	3	£1k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£34k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	2	£21k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£18k
THE INMAN CHARITY	2	£17k
THE LANCASHIRE FOUNDATION	2	£9k
THE IAN FLEMING CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Behcet's UK.

Behcet's UK income £219k
CROHN'S & COLITIS UK income £8.1m
MYOSITIS UK income £140k
THE EHLERS-DANLOS SUPPORT UK income £435k
THE VASCULAR SOCIETY income £590k
Arthritis UK income £30.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VASCULITIS UK	£292k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Behcet's UK FY2025	£219k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CROHN'S & COLITIS UK FY2024	£8.1m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	above	—	no doubt
MYOSITIS UK FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE EHLERS-DANLOS SUPPORT UK FY2025	£435k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE VASCULAR SOCIETY FY2025	£590k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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