Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Charitable Fund and Related Charities

Analysis

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Charitable Fund and Related Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Charitable Fund and Related Charities reported income of £941k and spending of £1.0m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £753k to £941k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Charitable Fund and Related Charities 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 The Ashmore Foundation (£941k), Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Limited (£942k) and The Cornforth Partnership (£939k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54%, trading 27%, charitable activities 14% and investments 4.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £361k. Charitable activities took 51% of spending and raising funds 46%. Reserves of £498k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.