Hampshire Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Hampshire Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basingstoke. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampshire Hospitals Charity reported income of £821k and spending of £1.2m, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £821k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hampshire Hospitals 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 Pembrokeshire Citizens Advice Bureau (£819k), The Junction Project (Bristol) Charitable Trust (£821k) and The Herbal Medicine Trust (£819k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and investments 7.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £35k. Charitable activities took 74% of spending and raising funds 25%. Grants to other organisations totalled £788k. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 44 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.