Lady Forester Hospital Trust

Analysis

Lady Forester Hospital Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in March 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02375555). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Lady Forester Hospital Trust reported income of £705k and spending of £729k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £393k to £705k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lady Forester Hospital Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Naval Association (£705k), Temple Garden Foundation (£706k) and Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service (£704k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 4.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £31k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2,924 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.