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Pharmacist Support

Pharmacist Support is a registered charity (number 1158974) based in Manchester, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Esther Sadler-Williams since 2017. Latest income £515k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Benevolent Funds of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Charity Commission)

5. The Charity's objects are specifically restricted to the relief of financial need or other distress and the advancement of general health and wellbeing of:5.1 any individual whose name is or has ever been on the Register of Pharmacists maintained...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £515k (2025)

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Who leads it

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.pharmacistsupport.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Pharmacist Support
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£515k£1.2m
  • 2024£666k£1.2m
  • 2023£515k£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£506k£980k
  • 2021£713k£868k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

5. The Charity's objects are specifically restricted to the relief of financial need or other distress and the advancement of general health and wellbeing of:5.1 any individual whose name is or has ever been on the Register of Pharmacists maintained by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) (or formerly maintained by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain), and their dependants;5.2 any Pharmacy Trainees in Great Britain; 5.3 any Pharmacy Students in Great Britain; or5.4 any other individual who is a current Registrant of the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), as determined by the trustees from time to time.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

4.8y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 10Retail and trade 2Professional services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£666k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

12 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1158974
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 SEP 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/11/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JUL 2017 as amended on 02 Dec 2020 as amended on 10 Jul 2024
Companies House
Company number 09237609 · Active
Contact on the register
01614410310 · info@pharmacistsupport.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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