Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot)

Analysis

Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Port Talbot. It was registered in May 2001, 25 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 provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot) reported income of £28k and spending of £17k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £28k (+157%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 61% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Hospitals (Port Talbot) 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 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saleh Charitable Trust (£28k), Samaritans of Barnsley (£28k) and Coventry Earlsdon Lions Club (CIO) (£28k).