Financial Assistance for Medical Students

Analysis

Financial Assistance for Medical Students is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Financial Assistance for Medical Students reported income of £237k and spending of £196k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £87k to £237k (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Financial Assistance for Medical Students sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Langstone Community Nursery (£237k), The Hollies Childcare Facility (£237k) and The Bus Archive (£237k).