Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA UK)

Registered charity 1120756 · since 2007phauk.org·England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work is pulmonary hypertension research, or research that helps people affected by PH live better, it fits this charity's research themes.
Its collaborations should lead to betterment for people affected by PH, so your request should explain how its members and people affected by PH will benefit.
Its annual report gave no grants figure that could be read, and no grant range is stated, so check the likely size with the charity before you set a sum.
Organisations should start with its research support request form, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis and judged individually.
Individuals seeking grants or financial help should not apply, except for the stated exception of dry suits for children on intravenous therapy, and work aimed at bringing concepts to market or market research is not supported.

Overview

Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA UK) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1120756).

Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA UK) is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports people affected by pulmonary hypertension (PH). It aims to help them enjoy a better quality of life, to raise awareness of PH so that it is understood and diagnosed earlier, and to carry out and assist research into the needs of people affected by the disease and how it is treated and managed. It has over 4.500 members. It supports scientific and academic research into pulmonary hypertension, providing grants and other backing to both individuals and partner organisations.

What they fund

Priority Areas

PHA UK supports scientific and academic research into pulmonary hypertension, providing grants and other backing to individuals and partner organisations. Its research is focused on helping people live better lives with PH; it also conducts its own research through surveys and other methods. It is open to conversations with individuals and organisations about collaborations that lead to betterment for those affected by PH, including academic study, pharmacological development and more holistic outputs. Beyond research, it supports people affected by PH and those around them through its national support network, free information and educational resources, support initiatives, advocacy and educational and social events. Research requests are judged individually, and the research support offer does not extend to work deemed to bring concepts to market or market research.

Themes

Pulmonary hypertension research

What they don't fund

Individual grants and financial assistance: PHA UK policy only: grants or financial assistance to individuals (the only exception to this is for the provision of dry suits for children on intravenous therapy)
Research support only: works that could be deemed as ‘bringing concepts to market’ or market research

How to apply

To seek research collaboration support, organisations should complete PHA UK's research support request form in the first instance.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Collaborations should lead to betterment for people affected by PH.
PHA UK judges each collaboration request on an individual basis.
Applicants are asked to explain how PHA UK members and individuals affected by PH will benefit from the work.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 30 April 2021	£477,072	£547,925	—	Accounts for year to 30 April 2021
year to 30 April 2022	£729,038	£483,196	—	Accounts for year to 30 April 2022
year to 30 April 2023	£419,832	£516,793	—	Accounts for year to 30 April 2023
year to 30 April 2024	£528,933	£579,212	—	Accounts for year to 30 April 2024
year to 30 April 2025	£782,334	£639,309	—	Accounts for year to 30 April 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.