Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 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 makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity reported income of £10.3m and spending of £9.8m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9.3m to £10.3m (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Junction Foundation (£10.3m), Federation of Jewish Services (£10.3m) and St David's Foundation Hospice Care (£10.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 63% and donations and legacies 37%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.2m. Charitable activities took 37% of spending and raising funds 48%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.5m. Reserves of £2.9m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.