The Pituitary Foundation

Analysis

The Pituitary Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03253584). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Pituitary Foundation reported income of £448k and spending of £523k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £518k to £448k (-14%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Pituitary Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sport at the Heart (£448k), International Niemann-Pick Disease Registry (£448k) and Deafinitions Limited (£448k).