The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in October 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 and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Charitable Fund reported income of £635k and spending of £735k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £352k to £635k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital 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 Anaphylaxis UK (£635k), Carers' Support (Bexley) (£635k) and The Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Charity (£635k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51%, trading 38% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £234k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £595k. Reserves of £142k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.