The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1993, 33 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital reported income of £116k and spending of £173k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £52k to £116k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 263%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friends of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Radio Lollipop International Limited (£116k), Bolton Adult Autism Support (£116k) and Immunodeficiency UK (£116k).