York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity

Analysis

York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tribune Way. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.9m, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.7m to £1.2m (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Tackle Africa (£1.2m), North London Adult Care Ltd (£1.2m) and Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons' Charity (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, investments 13% and trading 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £442k. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 17%. Reserves of £552k would cover about 4 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.