Liver UK

Registered charity 298858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH LIVER TRUST, THE BRITISH LIVER FOUNDATION · also registered in Scotland as SC042140 (OSCR)

Patient services, including information and our nationwide network of patient support groups.Improving awareness of the risks and causes of liver disease.Research into the causes and treatments of liver disease.Supporting health professionals to deliver high standards of care and support to those affectedEnsuring patients have a voice at local and national government level

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Latest income

£2.5m

Latest spending

£2.5m

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small deficit of £8,710 for the year ended 31 March 2025, leaving it in a stronger financial position than anticipated. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £903,315 in total reserves, with non-designated unrestricted reserves of £480,596 representing 4.9 months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves are forecast to remain at or above 3 months of expenditure for the next financial year, with no liquidity concerns identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £107,187 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“The chief executive officer, as the highest paid member of staff, received employee benefits, including pension, totalling £107,187 (2024 - £98,175).” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two employees received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.” — page 46

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 24.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“24% (£592k) used to raise funds (2024: 26%, £485k).” — page 29

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 3 to 6 months budgeted expenditure (held: £481k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to hold non-designated unrestricted reserves of 3 to 6 months budgeted expenditure” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Wim Bushell was Deputy Chair of Arthur J Gallagher, the charity's insurance brokers. Transactions of £11,386 occurred in the prior year. An outstanding balance of £13,297 from the prior period was prepaid in the current year. No transactions disclosed for 2025.

“Wim Bushell is a Trustee and was Deputy Chair of Arthur J Gallagher in the prior year, who act as insurance brokers for the Trust. Transactions of £11,386 during the prior year with Arthur J Gallagher were in the normal course of business. The balance that was outstanding due to Arthur J Gallagher, for invoices in relation to the prior period, which have also been prepaid, amounted to £13,297. Wim Bushell no longer holds the post, no transactions are disclosed for 2025.” — page 55

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £98,175 (FY2024) to £107,187 (FY2025).

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

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Pamela Healy OBE — Chief Executive (source)
Vanessa Hebditch — Director of Communications & Policy (source)
Jonathan Worsfold — Director of Service Delivery (source)
Rachel Doran — Director of Operations and Finance (source)
Louise Knight — Director of Fundraising and Partnerships (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£2.5m

Total spending

£2.5m

Cost of raising funds

£592k

Reserves (reported)

£481k

Employees

48

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 23.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALASTAIR JOHN NAISBITT KING · trustee of 3 other charities
DIANA GORNALL
Dr Anastasios Grammatikopoulos
Dr STEPHEN DAVID RYDER
GRAHAM WARNER
Georgina Catt
Lisa Marie Woodcock
Mark Peter Oldfield
Professor Douglas Thorburn
Sarah Howard MBE
Victoria Joanne Sheriff

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	£2.5m	£2.5m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£1.9m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.8m
31/03/2022	£1.5m	£1.4m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.0m

Common questions

Is Liver UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a small deficit of £8,710 for the year ended 31 March 2025, leaving it in a stronger financial position than anticipated. Per the trustees' report, the charity held £903,315 in total reserves, with non-designated unrestricted reserves of £480,596 representing 4.9 months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves are forecast to remain at or above 3 months of expenditure for the next financial year, with no liquidity concerns identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hopper Williams & Bell Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of Liver UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £107,187 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds Liver UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Liver UK as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION, THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST, BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED, ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£56k	Christmas Challenge
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£51k
THE ROGER RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£50k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£45k	Health and welfare
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£29k	Health and welfare
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£25k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£20k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2022	£20k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£20k
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE	FY2023	£16k
THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k	Health and welfare
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2023	£5k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE ADINT CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2022	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2025	£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND	FY2024	£5k
HELP FOR HEALTH	FY2022	£5k
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£4k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k
G M MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£3k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Ann Rylands Small Donations
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
ROBERT LUFF FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£3k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2021	£2k	General Charitable Grants
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Charitable Donation
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k	Charitable Donation
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Charitable Donation
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Charitable Donation
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	‘Love Your Liver’ campaign
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
CHURCH BURGESSES TRUST	FY2023	£2k	General Charitable
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£2k
MAY HEARNSHAW CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Relief of poverty and sickness
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2026	£20k	Love Your Liver Roadshow Northern Ireland 2026
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/12/2025	£20k	Empowering families affected by childhood liver disease in Scotland
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/02/2025	£20k	Love Your Liver Northern Ireland 2025
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/08/2024	£20k	Supporting children and families affected by liver disease; in Scotland
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/08/2024	£19k	Digital support for young people affected by childhood liver disease
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2024	£20k	Love Your Liver Roadshow 2024
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/08/2023	£465k	Patient Support Groups
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/02/2023	£10k	Love Your Liver Roadshow 2023
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/09/2022	£34k	Improving wellbeing of liver patients and their carers
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/07/2021	£10k	Liver Nurse Manager
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/09/2015	£2k	Love Your Liver Community Health Clinics - North West
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/02/2011	£466k	Liver Patient Support Group Network - Phase II
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/04/2010	£9k	Viral hepatitis pharmacy testing pilot

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
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	2	£16k
CHRISTOS LAZARI FOUNDATION	2	£11k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£7k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE OAKDALE TRUST	2	£3k
GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION	1	£872k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£419k
BUPA FOUNDATION	1	£210k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER income £647k
BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY income £3.9m
THE HEPATITIS C TRUST income £8.7m
THE FOUNDATION FOR LIVER RESEARCH income £3.0m
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION income £707k
Asthma and Lung UK income £16.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Liver UK	£2.5m	£107,187	2	within	24.0%	no doubt
THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF THE LIVER FY2024	£647k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH SOCIETY OF GASTROENTEROLOGY FY2024	£3.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HEPATITIS C TRUST FY2025	£8.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOUNDATION FOR LIVER RESEARCH FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NATIONAL KIDNEY FEDERATION FY2025	£707k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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