Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.6m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £2.4m to £4.1m (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lady Fatemah (A.s.) Charitable Trust (£4.1m), The John Black Charitable Foundation (£4.1m) and Southall Black Sisters (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54%, trading 34%, investments 8.9% and charitable activities 2.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 64% of spending and raising funds 36%. Reserves of £920k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.

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.