The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harlow Essex. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund reported income of £835k and spending of £613k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £404k to £835k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Adapt Charity (£833k), The Bhim Ruia Foundation (£836k) and Frank Brake Charitable Trust (£823k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £61k. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 26%. Reserves of £966k would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate.