Leicester Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Leicester Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in July 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 sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Leicester Hospitals Charity reported income of £2.9m and spending of £4.3m, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.3m to £2.9m (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leicester Hospitals Charity sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guideposts Trust Limited (£2.9m), Fulham Football Club Foundation (£2.9m) and Forgotten Women (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, trading 8.8% and investments 7.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.3m. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 21%. It employed 17 people.