University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity

Analysis

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. 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 2025, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity reported income of £6.0m and spending of £3.3m, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £6.0m (+366%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 695%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Together for Short Lives (£6.0m), Headway - the Brain Injury Association (£6.0m) and Living Streets (The Pedestrians Association) (£6.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, charitable activities 15% and investments 8.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.8m. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 26%. Grants to other organisations totalled £20k. Reserves of £10.3m would cover about 36 months of spending at that rate.