Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund

Analysis

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.0m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.4m to £2.5m (+5.9%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2wish (£2.5m), Igf Transatlantic Limited (£2.5m) and Missionaries of Charity of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Trust (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 83%, charitable activities 11% and investments 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £766k. Charitable activities took 51% of spending and raising funds 40%. Reserves of £319k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.