My University Hospitals Sussex

Analysis

My University Hospitals Sussex is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, My University Hospitals Sussex reported income of £1.7m and spending of £5.1m, spending 295% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.2m to £1.7m (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 202% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, My University Hospitals Sussex sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mars Org. Ltd (£1.7m), Sport in Mind (£1.7m) and East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Charitable Fund (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, investments 16% and trading 7.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £884k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 19%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.5m. Reserves of £6.9m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate.

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.