Friends of Braintree Community Hospital

Analysis

Friends of Braintree Community Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braintree. It was registered in November 2011, 15 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 07292072). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Friends of Braintree Community Hospital reported income of £26k and spending of £21k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £9,774 to £26k (+164%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 99%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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 Braintree Community Hospital sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sydney Driscoll Neuro-Science Foundation (£26k), Friends of Colombia for Social Aid (£26k) and Hilltop Farm Animal Sanctuary (£26k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.