Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

THE PSP ASSOCIATION 

Provide help & support to everyone affected by PSP and CBD with information and support to enable them to live the best life they can.We raise awareness of PSP and CBD, particularly with health professionals and decision-makers, so that they recognise the conditions and have the skills and knowledge to help those affected access the right services at the right time.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£1,615£1,042£573£260£1,968£1,44116.620143
31/12/21£1,197£909£289£248£1,395£1,32917.614202
31/12/20£924£947£-23£243£1,061£1,01812.914198
31/12/19£1,265£1,012£253£337£1,084£96911.514153
31/12/18£1,663£1,491£172£307£831£8126.513700
31/12/17£1,188£1,342£-154£314£659£6245.6170
31/12/16£1,467£1,413£54£281£813£7826.6210
31/12/15£1,132£1,384£-252£389£758£7276.3200
31/12/14£1,215£1,311£-96£428£1,010£7106.5180
31/12/13£1,190£1,095£95£414£926£6266.9170
31/12/12£1,401£1,211£191£402£832£5825.8140
31/12/11£884£933£-49£229£641£6418.2140
31/12/10?£992£1,088£-96£314£690£6907.6150
30/06/09£801£1,152£-351£159£804£8048.480
30/06/08£940£1,185£-246£147£1,180£1,18011.980
30/06/07£803£846£-43£77£1,420£0n/a40
30/06/06£1,170£685£485£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05£1,155£527£628£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04£475£477£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 25%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 73%
Reserves/Spending: 16.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 23 months
Quick Ratio: 16.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 30 years

www.pspassociation.org.uk

info@pspassociation.org.uk

01327322410

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 20 employees
  • 143 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - PSPA is a national charity providing support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure.
£250 20/03/2023
to provide support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£31,000 16/03/2023
‘Caring for Carer's’ online support groups
Essex Community Foundation - PSPA is a national charity providing support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure.
£250 20/04/2022
to provide support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure
Essex Community Foundation - PSPA is a national charity providing support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure.
£250 15/03/2021
to provide support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure
Essex Community Foundation - PSPA is a national charity providing support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure.
£250 03/04/2020
To provide support and information to people living with PSP and CBD, while funding research into treatments and ultimately a cure
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 03/05/2017
Volunteer Development Programme

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 41-66
  • JAMES NOBLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Charity Sector Consultant
  • PAUL INNESS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/1994, number: 1037087
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/04/1994, number: 02920581
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

3rd Floor, Margaret Powell House
415 A Midsummer Boulevard
Milton Keynes
MK9 3BN

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, KNOWN OTHERWISE AS STEELE RICHARDSON OLSWZEWSKI SYNDROME (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS PSP) AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION AND CURE OF THIS DISEASE AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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