Portsmouth Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Portsmouth Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Portsmouth Hospitals Charity reported income of £963k and spending of £1.3m, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £922k to £963k (+4.4%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Portsmouth Hospitals Charity sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The North Tyneside Carers Centre (£962k), Hatzola Northwest Trust (£963k) and Southport Rest Home (£961k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 63%, trading 21%, investments 13% and charitable activities 3.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £433k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.