The £1 Hospital

Analysis

The £1 Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The £1 Hospital reported income of £43k and spending of £25k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £132k to £43k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 29% 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 £1 Hospital sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sahara Desert Mission (£43k), Swanage Sea Rowing Club 1 (£43k) and Warriors Community Project (£43k).