The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds

Analysis

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds reported income of £805k and spending of £1.2m, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £858k to £805k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Funds sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Mind in Furness Limited (£804k), Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency (£806k) and The Grand Charity (£804k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 28% and investments 6.2%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £90k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.