Tewkesbury Hospital Friends
Analysis
Tewkesbury Hospital Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tewkesbury. It was registered in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2024, Tewkesbury Hospital Friends reported income of £52k and spending of £57k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £135k to £52k (-62%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tewkesbury Hospital Friends sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Samaritans of Harrogate and District (£52k), The Devon Clinic (£52k) and Elahi Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre (Sheffield) (£52k).
Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The Object of the Friends shall be to assist patients of the Hospital who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm.To support the charitable work of the said Hospital and to provide funding for additional items of equipment or luxury that would not be provided by the local NHS trust.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Samaritans of Harrogate and District | Harrogate | £52k |
| The Devon Clinic | Devon | £52k |
| Elahi Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre (Sheffield) | Sheffield | £52k |
| Lowestoft Shopmobility | Lowestoft | £52k |