Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity

Analysis

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.8m, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £2.1m to £1.4m (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity 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 Solace Surviving Exile and Persecution (£1.4m), Lordswood Leisure Centre Limited (£1.4m) and Burton & District Mind (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71%, trading 18% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £255k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate.