Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends

Analysis

Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stafford. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02545804). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.5m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.7m (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Stafford and Cannock League of Hospital Friends sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Charitable Foundations (£1.7m), Lincolnshire Bomber Command Memorial (£1.7m) and The Alan Sugar Foundation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 19% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.