Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust Charity

Analysis

Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust Charity reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.7m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.4m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northumbria Health Care National Health Service Trust Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age UK Surrey (£2.4m), Oxfordshire Youth (£2.4m) and Baby Lifeline Limited (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, donations and legacies 29% and investments 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £110k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £62k. Reserves of £2.5m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate.