Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Charity Fund

Analysis

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Charity Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in November 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 provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Charity Fund reported income of £868k and spending of £566k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £868k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust Charity Fund sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust (£868k), The Grocers' Charity (£868k) and Lia's Wings (£867k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 19% and investments 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £280k. Charitable activities took 26% of spending and raising funds 58%. Reserves of £500k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.