Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charitable Fund

Analysis

Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crewe. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charitable Fund reported income of £578k and spending of £818k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £552k to £578k (+4.8%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 161%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charitable Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Etc Youth Ltd (£578k), Al Ghazali Multi-Cultural Centre (£578k) and The Diamond Centre for Disabled Riders (£578k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, investments 7.7% and charitable activities 3.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £220k. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Reserves of £757k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate.