Hospital Radio Chelmsford

Analysis

Hospital Radio Chelmsford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hospital Radio Chelmsford reported income of £29k and spending of £20k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,999 to £29k (+1341%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 175%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hospital Radio Chelmsford sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Stroke of Luck (£29k), Kingdom of Eternal Life Gospel and Healing Ministries International (£29k) and Coventry and Warwickshire Kidney Patients Association (£29k).