West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity

Analysis

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in January 1996, 30 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 human resources, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity reported income of £967k and spending of £1.3m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £967k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (£965k), Hamoaze House (£968k) and The South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnerhip (£965k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64% and investments 3.7%. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 34%. Grants to other organisations totalled £417k. Reserves of £124k would cover about 1 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.