Nottingham University Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Nottingham University Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09978675). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Nottingham University Hospitals Charity reported income of £4.2m and spending of £4.3m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.4m to £4.2m (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nottingham University Hospitals Charity sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust Limited (£4.2m), Rahma (Mercy) (£4.2m) and Caring Together Charity (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84%, investments 11% and trading 5.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.4m. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 17%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.0m. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.