The Hospital Saturday Fund

Analysis

The Hospital Saturday Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 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 06039284). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hospital Saturday Fund reported income of £36.9m and spending of £38.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31.1m to £36.9m (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hospital Saturday Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Children's Trust (£36.0m), The Camphill Village Trust Limited (£37.2m) and Cornwall Care Limited (£34.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 98% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 6.7% of spending and raising funds 93%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.1m. Reserves of £23.1m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.

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.