Psoriasis UK

Analysis

Psoriasis UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Psoriasis UK reported income of £629k and spending of £799k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £419k to £629k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Psoriasis UK sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Airedale General Hospital (£629k), Seesaw (£629k) and Parkside(Aldershot & District Learning Disability) (£628k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, investments 29% and charitable activities 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £281k. Charitable activities took 81% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £287k. Reserves of £353k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 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.