Friends of the William Harvey Hospital

Analysis

Friends of the William Harvey Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 2008, 18 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 06261808). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of the William Harvey Hospital reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £672k to £1.5m (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 the William Harvey Hospital sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Body and Soul (£1.5m), Worcestershire Association of Carers (£1.5m) and Sheffield Mencap (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 93%, donations and legacies 5.6% and investments 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £61k. Charitable activities took 22% of spending and raising funds 77%. Reserves of £883k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.