Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund

Analysis

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Balby. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund reported income of £697k and spending of £1.1m, spending 154% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £274k to £697k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include CWM Taf Morgannwg NHS General Charitable Fund (£697k), Hope Now Limited (£698k) and Neuroendocrine Cancer UK (£696k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, trading 21% and investments 5.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £348k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £75k. Reserves of £274k would cover about 3 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.