East Kent Hospitals Charity

Analysis

East Kent Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Kent Hospitals Charity reported income of £515k and spending of £943k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £515k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, East Kent Hospitals Charity sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish Community Council of Gateshead (£514k), Irish Chaplaincy (£515k) and Parkplay Ltd (£514k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 87% and investments 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £116k. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £534k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 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.