Health & Wellbeing Education & Young People 2024
Parkinson's UK

Trustees' Report and Financial Statements 2024

Parkinson's UK's 2024 annual report covers its four strategic pillars: pushing for excellent health and care, building community support, accelerating new treatments, and future-proofing the organisation. Highlights include record events income of £7m, a new three-year Landmark research programme, a £5m clinical research centre partnership, and significant growth in helpline and local adviser services. Total income grew 3% to £48.6m, with legacies accounting for £24m. The charity funded 10 Parkinson's nurse posts and five clinical fellowships across the NHS, while its Virtual Biotech programme advanced global drug discovery.

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£48.6m total income; £17.7m invested in research; 166,000 people with Parkinson's supported Key Metric 1
Parkinson's UK is the UK's leading Parkinson's charity and Europe's largest charitable funder of Parkinson's research. Someone in the UK is diagnosed every 20 minutes. The charity supports 166,000 people living with Parkinson's and over a million family members, friends and carers. Key Metric 2
Research & Treatment Development; Health & Care; Community Support; Volunteering & Advocacy Key Metric 3
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Specialist helpline (14,097 unique clients); local advisers (13,508 unique clients); 448 local groups; 87 physical activity grants (£278,000); 10 NHS specialist nurse posts funded; 5 clinical fellowships; Virtual Biotech drug discovery programme (£4.36m); Landmark research programme with Imperial College and four pharma companies; £5m partnership with UK Dementia Research Institute; Tech Guide launched

📊Key Metrics

£48.6m total income; £17.7m invested in research; 166,000 people with Parkinson's supported Key Metric 1
Parkinson's UK is the UK's leading Parkinson's charity and Europe's largest charitable funder of Parkinson's research. Someone in the UK is diagnosed every 20 minutes. The charity supports 166,000 people living with Parkinson's and over a million family members, friends and carers. Key Metric 2
Research & Treatment Development; Health & Care; Community Support; Volunteering & Advocacy Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Helpline satisfaction score 4.7/5; 79% of calls answered first time (up from 57%); online community users up 11% to 16,341
  • £5.58m invested in 17 research projects; Research Support Network grew to 10,000+ members; 1,200+ attended Par-Con conference
  • 3,969 active volunteers (up 884 in year); membership grew 5% to 42,000; 28,443 online campaigning actions taken; 14,552 professional learning participations

📍Geography

UK-Wide

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