South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds

Analysis

South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.4m (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, South Tees Hospitals Charity and Associated Funds sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peter Sowerby Foundation (£1.4m), Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust (£1.4m) and Lennox Childrens Cancer Fund (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, investments 14%, charitable activities 4.6% and trading 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £308k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £5.2m would cover about 39 months of spending at that rate.