Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Charitable Fund

Analysis

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in July 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Charitable Fund reported income of £937k and spending of £1.9m, spending 207% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £937k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Charitable Fund 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zaimah (£936k), The Venik Trust (£938k) and The Elder Tree Limited (Voluntary Visiting Service) (£935k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82% and investments 18%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £279k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 31 months of spending at that rate.