United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund

Analysis

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in September 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 and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund reported income of £657k and spending of £1.3m, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £614k to £657k (+7.0%), an average of +1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 148% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust 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 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Ambulance Service Charitable Fund (£657k), Smile for Life Childrens Charity (£657k) and The Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (£657k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, investments 18%, trading 6.5% and charitable activities 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £343k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.7%. Reserves of £655k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate.