Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities

Analysis

Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton-in-Ashfield. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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, Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities reported income of £519k and spending of £603k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £451k to £519k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sherwood Forest Hospitals General Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include George Fentham Hampton in Arden Charity (£519k), The M D and S Charitable Trust (£519k) and The British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (£519k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 85% and investments 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £564k. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 26 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.