Friends of Batticaloa Hospitals UK

Analysis

Friends of Batticaloa Hospitals UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chigwell. It was registered in January 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Batticaloa Hospitals UK reported income of £32k and spending of £35k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £10k to £32k (+214%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 353%. 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, Friends of Batticaloa Hospitals UK sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gateshead Hatzola (£32k), The Royal Yeomanry Regimental Association (£32k) and Rotary Club of Ripon Trust Fund (£32k).