Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute

Analysis

Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05780068). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute reported income of £965k and spending of £1.1m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £965k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 221%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnerhip (£965k), West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity (£967k) and Convalescent Retreat Limited (£965k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 57%, donations and legacies 27%, trading 11% and investments 4.3%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.