The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity

Analysis

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in November 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity reported income of £856k and spending of £1.0m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £856k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. 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 Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Charity 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 Nene Valley Christian Family Refuge Limited (£856k), Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£856k) and Brian Murtagh Charitable Trust (£856k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 76%, investments 12% and trading 12%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £300k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 19%. Reserves of £295k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.