Erma's Jamaica Hospital Appeal Fund

Analysis

Erma's Jamaica Hospital Appeal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Erma's Jamaica Hospital Appeal Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £14k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1,075 to £17k (+1467%), an average of +99% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 741%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Erma's Jamaica Hospital Appeal Fund sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hertford District Guide Association (£17k), Rotary Club of Staines Charity (£17k) and Abbey Court School Trust (£17k).