King's College Hospital Charity

Analysis

King's College Hospital Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. 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 09987908). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, King's College Hospital Charity reported income of £5.1m and spending of £6.2m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £3.6m to £5.1m (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, King's College Hospital Charity sits at the 97th 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 St Richard of Chichester Christian Care Association Ltd (£5.1m), Sri Guru Singh Sabha Southall (£5.1m) and FMDM Foundation CIO (£5.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73%, trading 14% and investments 13%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £210k. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 39%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.7m. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 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.