The Guild of Friends of the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children

Analysis

The Guild of Friends of the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in March 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 03511461). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Guild of Friends of the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children reported income of £27k and spending of £24k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £411k to £27k (-93%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 20% 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 Guild of Friends of the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lord Clinton's Charitable Trust (£27k), Castle Point Jubilee Training and Welfare Centre Trust (£27k) and As Safar (£27k).