Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity

Analysis

Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity reported income of £566k and spending of £980k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £372k to £566k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wye Valley NHS Trust Umbrella Charity sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% 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 Open Hands Trust (Leicester) (£566k), The British Wheel of Yoga Limited (£566k) and The Patients Association (£565k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79% and investments 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £79k. Charitable activities took 12% of spending and raising funds 13%.