Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust

Analysis

Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03420143). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust reported income of £6.5m and spending of £5.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5.7m to £6.5m (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Newbury and Thatcham Hospital Building Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Cruse Bereavement Support (£6.5m), Missio (£6.5m) and Barnsley Youth Zone Ltd (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £100k. Reserves of £11.5m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate.