Salisbury District Hospital Charitable Fund

Analysis

Salisbury District Hospital Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Salisbury District Hospital Charitable Fund reported income of £3.3m and spending of £2.7m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £3.3m (+127%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Salisbury District Hospital Charitable Fund sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Katharine House Hospice Trust (£3.3m), The Berkeley Charitable Foundation (£3.3m) and The Bridge Renewal Trust (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75%, trading 9.7%, investments 8.5% and charitable activities 6.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £808k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.1m. Reserves of £8.7m would cover about 35 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.