Patient Welfare Society (PWS)

Analysis

Patient Welfare Society (PWS) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Patient Welfare Society (PWS) reported income of £169k and spending of £126k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £78k to £169k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 37%. 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, Patient Welfare Society (PWS) sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gratitude (£169k), Health Equality and Rights Organisation (£169k) and Masonic Benevolent Fund of South Wales (£168k).