Pharmacist Support

Analysis

Pharmacist Support is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09237609). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Pharmacist Support reported income of £515k and spending of £1.2m, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £713k to £515k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 184% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Pharmacist Support sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Covenant Life Church Leicester (£515k), The Kay Mason Foundation (£515k) and High Performance Foundation (£514k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 70% and donations and legacies 30%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £15.1m would cover about 153 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

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.