Alopecia UK

Analysis

Alopecia UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in September 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Alopecia UK reported income of £282k and spending of £413k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £307k to £282k (-7.9%), an average of -2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Alopecia UK sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God ('RCCG') Strong Tower Parish (£282k), The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust (£282k) and The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Clinical Oncology and Cancer Care Appeal (£282k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.