NHS Blood and Transplant Trust Fund

Analysis

NHS Blood and Transplant Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in April 1997, 29 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, NHS Blood and Transplant Trust Fund reported income of £140k and spending of £150k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100k to £140k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, NHS Blood and Transplant Trust Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Professional Golfers Association Benevolent Fund (£139k), Connect Counselling Service (£140k) and Anglian Community Trust (Act) (£139k).