North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund

Analysis

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton-On-Tees. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund reported income of £638k and spending of £1.0m, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £706k to £638k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust General Charitable Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (£638k), Sidmouth Lifeboat (£638k) and Street Doctors Ltd (£637k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 70%, investments 12%, trading 11% and charitable activities 4.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £23k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 18 months of spending at that rate.