The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Charity

Analysis

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dudley. It was registered in July 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Charity reported income of £547k and spending of £715k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £547k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust Charity sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre 56 Limited (£546k), Autism Spectrum Connections Cymru (£547k) and Community Transport Calderdale Ltd (£546k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, investments 17% and charitable activities 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £83k. Charitable activities took 59% of spending and raising funds 30%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.