Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities

Analysis

Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities reported income of £576k and spending of £897k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £737k to £576k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 169% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities 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 Sensory Trust (£576k), The Portrack Charitable Trust (£576k) and Ribble Valley Crossroads Care (£576k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, investments 12%, charitable activities 9.0% and trading 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £62k. Charitable activities took 62% of spending and raising funds 38%. Grants to other organisations totalled £499k. Reserves of £260k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.