The Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust

Analysis

The Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09064489). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust reported income of £369k and spending of £463k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £364k to £369k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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 Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alex's Wish (£369k), The Stella McCartney Foundation (£369k) and Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus. H.h.c.j. (£368k).

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.