Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 4
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

PBC FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 27 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Period ending 31/12/17 31/12/18 31/12/19 31/12/20 31/12/21 31/12/22
Charitable activities £43,041 £49,173 £43,906 £178,886
Donations & Legacies £292,027 £296,371 £329,209 £323,620
Other Income £75
Investment Income £423 £369 £562
Total income £354,274 £338,234 £350,128 £384,325 £358,108 £586,060
Charitable activities spending £333,264 £325,748 £283,470 £397,122
Fundraising costs 14% 14% 11% 10% 9%
Other spending
Total spending £336,341 £380,741 £375,741 £325,572 £328,595 £447,690
Surplus/deficit £17,933 -£42,507 -£25,613 £58,753 £29,513 £138,370
Listed activities
  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself
Purposes
  • The advancement of education
  • The advancement of health
Where it operates
  • UK and overseas, main operating location: City of Edinburgh
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£68,979
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland£10,030
Scottish Government£9,835
Essex Community Foundation£7,248
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to PBC Foundation
£2,438 07/07/2022
to support the production and distribution of a quarterly magazine for people living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) in Essex
Cumbria Community Foundation - The Bear Facts Magazine
£600 20/09/2021
The Bear Facts Magazine
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to PBC Foundation
£2,400 01/07/2021
to help support the production of a magazine provided for people with PBC across Essex over a year
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Providing support services to PBC sufferers in Northern Ireland
£4,416 09/03/2021
To provide the production and distribution costs of the Bear Facts Magazine to NI members.
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for life for Volunteers and members
£7,236 29/01/2021
10
The PBC Foundation is a UK wide organisation which supports people living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis a type of long-term liver disease. The project is using a £7236 grant to buy IT equipment ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 - Support for life for Volunteers and members
£6,484 18/12/2020
9
The PBC Foundation UK Limited will use £6484 to provide online and telephone support for people across Wales with PBC (a form of liver disease). Bydd Sefydliad PBC UK Limited yn defnyddio £6484 i ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for life for Volunteers and members
£9,676 03/12/2020
6
The funding will be used to roll out and provide additional volunteer led online support for people living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). The project aims to improve mental health wellbeing ....more
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to PBC Foundation
£2,410 06/08/2020
to support the production of a magazine for people with PBC during the COVID19 pandemic across Essex
Scottish Government - PBC Foundation (UK) Limited
£9,835 19/05/2020
Detailed description not provided.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 - PBC Foundation support
£9,895 07/05/2020
6
The project will provide increased services via helpline and social media platforms to people with Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). This will enable them to provide information and reassurance as ....more
Foundation Scotland - Grant to PBC Foundation (UK) Limited
£5,000 17/04/2020
To contribute to the costs of extending Helpline availability and providing new digital information and support services for sufferers of incurable autoimmune liver disease Primary Biliary ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - PBC Foundation support covid-19 response
£10,000 09/04/2020
11
This group will use the funding to support self-isolating PBC sufferers by setting up social networks to promote positive mental health and a help line to provide accurate up to date information.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering PBC Sufferers in Wales
£9,720 18/12/2019
8
The PBC Foundation (UK) Limited will hold a series of information and support events across Wales, for people with long term liver conditions. £9,720 will fund venue, staff, promotional materials, ....more
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Providing support services to PBC sufferers in Northern Ireland
£5,614 10/12/2019
Providing support services to PBC sufferers in Northern Ireland
National Lottery Community Fund - Self Management Workshops
£9,980 23/10/2019
12
Self Management Workshops
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Training for Scotland
£5,988 31/07/2019
12
This group will use the funding to support the training and development of their twelve regional volunteers who provide support to people affected by Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), an autoimmune ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - PBC Foundation (UK) Limited Reducing isolation in NI
£7,037 07/02/2019
12
The organisation supports those affected by Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), an autoimmune liver condition. They are using a grant of £7,037 to run workshops in Belfast, Derry/Londonderry and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reducing Isolation in Wales
£7,444 20/11/2018
12
Project Summary :_x000D_ PBC Foundation (UK) Limited who support people with liver disease, will use the grant to run series of self-management workshops throughout Wales for people with the ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Training and Development
£9,058 28/09/2018
12
This funding will be used to train volunteers to support people living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis through a conference and online resources.
Robertson Trust - The core activities of the organisation in Scotland
£30,000 27/06/2018
The core activities of the organisation in Scotland
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000 09/10/2017
Making a positive impact in the lives of all those affected by PBC
National Lottery Community Fund - Self-management for unserved areas and other chronic conditions.
£10,000 11/11/2015
12
The group will use the funding to deliver self management workshops for people living with Primary Biliary Cholangitis. This will equip beneficiaries with the knowledge to understand the condition ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - The PBC Foundation - Support for life, for everyone
£10,000 06/10/2015
12
This group will use the funding for a set of workshops, a sessional worker, venue hire and transport costs.
Robertson Trust - the core activities of the organisation in Scotland
£14,000 30/04/2015
the core activities of the organisation in Scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - The PBC Foundation: Support for Life
£10,000 12/03/2014
12
This charity will use the funding to hold development sessions and to attend conferences in a number of locations across England, including Birmingham. The project aims to use these as an opportunity ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Cross Condition Self Management Initiative
£10,000 21/11/2013
12
The group will use the funding to hold sixteen development sessions in conjunction with eight partner organisations to help people to best manage any long term condition by focusing on the emotional ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Directors (8)
Current Directors appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Directors: 31-71
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 04/12/1996, number: SC025619
  • Registered at Companies House on 26/05/2000, number: SC207493
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 1 Dunfermline Business Centre , Izatt Avenue, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 3BZ

Objectives

The relief of persons suffering from the condition known as Primary Biliary Cholangitis by the setting up and organisation of support groups for the benefit of such persons and their families and by the provision of information about the condition and its treatment.

Data Sources

Scottish Charity Regulator
360 Giving
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