PARKINSON'S DISEASE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Registered charity 258197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARKINSON'S UK, PDS · also registered in Scotland as SC037554 (OSCR)

Parkinson's UK drives better care, treatments and quality of life. Together we can bring forward the day when no one fears Parkinson's.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income grew by 3% to £48.6m, while total expenditure increased significantly to £59.6m, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The charity reports adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted reserves of £53.7m, although these are below the newly approved upper reserves target of £24.8m when designated funds are excluded.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Serenata Female Voices to perform at Trinity College, Cambridge in aid of Parkinson’s UK cambridgeindependent.co.uk · 17/12/2025
• Who’s Funding: Parkinson’s UK, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and more civilsociety.co.uk · 29/07/2024
• Thanet community news: Parkinson’s UK walk, Margate Rotary, litter angels, Kent community foundation and health trust award theisleofthanetnews.com · 12/03/2023

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00948776

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Parkinson’s UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Garden Scheme — “To date, the National Garden Scheme has donated over £2.5 million to help fund Parkinson's nurses across the UK, making it our largest corpo…” (source page)
• The Access Group — “From a glamorous gala ball to 47 staff members skydiving, The Access Group have blown us away with their fundraising. Their fantastic effort…” (source page)
• Smart Outdoor — “In 2022, a unique partnership was born that resulted in a donation of digital outdoor advertising. Mark has also rallied industry contacts t…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GANDHI, Sonia, Professor — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
• SHIPTON, Janet Margaret — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• HARDING, Pamela Jane — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• MILLER, Peter Edwin — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• PIERPOINT, Graham Edward — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• GARLAND, Ian Richard — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
• KULKARNI, Sangita Sachin, Dr — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
• PLATTS, Kathryn Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 14/10/2023on trustee list
• CARSON, Brian — director, appointed 09/02/2023on trustee list
• GREEN, Katrina — director, appointed 27/04/2020on trustee list
• EVANS, Elaine Sylvia — director, appointed 27/03/2020on trustee list
• BURSTON, Helen Jane — director, appointed 12/10/2019on trustee list
• SHAUGHNESSY, Gary Paul John — director, appointed 08/08/2018on trustee list
• NEVILLE, Judeth — secretary, appointed 05/02/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~11.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (25/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/08/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brian Carson
• Dr Sangita Kulkarni
• Elaine Evans
• Gary Shaughnessy
• Graham Edward Pierpoint
• Helen Jane Burston
• Ian Garland
• Janet Margaret Shipton
• Kathryn Elizabeth Platts
• Katrina Green
• Kristina Jane Murrin CBE
• Pamela Jane Harding · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Edwin Miller
• Professor Sonia Gandhi

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARKINSON'S CARE AND SUPPORT UK.

• PARKINSON'S CARE AND SUPPORT UK income £495k
• Parkinson's Europe income £592k
• THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION income £38.4m
• KIDNEY RESEARCH UK income £14.5m
• PARKWILL LIMITED income £1.4m
• ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK income £61.9m

Side by side with its peers

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