The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund and Related Charities
Analysis
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund and Related Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in January 1998, 28 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 organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund and Related Charities reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £759k to £1.1m (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 118% 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 Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Charitable Fund and Related Charities sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care (£1.1m), The Mill Charitable Trust (£1.1m) and Huddersfield Town Foundation (£1.1m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, charitable activities 21% and investments 7.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £299k. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 11 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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 45%
- Legacies 27%
- Charitable activities 21%
- Investments 7.4%
In the charity's own words
The mission is to raise income and manage funds for:The benefit of patients or towards the benefit of staff, which will result in improved patient care relating to The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust or to purposes relating to the health service. It seeks to enhance the services provided by the Trust and fund additional items of expenditure, which would not otherwise be funded by the NHS.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care | Preston | £1.1m |
| The Mill Charitable Trust | London | £1.1m |
| Huddersfield Town Foundation | Huddersfield | £1.1m |
| The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland | London | £1.1m |