Parkinsons.me

Analysis

Parkinsons.me is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Parkinsons.me reported income of £24k and spending of £29k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £24k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Parkinsons.me sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riyadhul Jannah Foundation (£24k), The Cancer Club (£24k) and Family United (£24k).

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.