Hospital Radio Colchester

Analysis

Hospital Radio Colchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hospital Radio Colchester reported income of £17k and spending of £11k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,629 to £17k (+161%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hospital Radio Colchester sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Better Lives UK (£17k), Lanhydrock War Memorial Club (£17k) and India Heritage Research Foundation (£17k).