Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses

Analysis

Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Redditch. It was registered in January 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.5m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.2m (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Church (Europe) (£1.2m), Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (£1.2m) and Citizens Advice Kensington and Chelsea (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £64k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.