Hospital Rooms
Analysis
Hospital Rooms is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Hospital Rooms reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.5m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £667k to £1.9m (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Rooms sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carers Leeds (£1.9m), Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board General Purpose Charity (£1.9m) and Dementia Forward (£1.8m).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, trading 15% and donations and legacies 12%. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £559k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 12%
- Charitable activities 72%
- Trading 15%
- Investments 0.4%
In the charity's own words
Hospital Rooms is an arts and mental health charity that believes in the enduring power of art to instil value, dignity and wellbeing in people. We commission museum quality artists to create thoughtful, therapeutic and creative environments in mental health units and run arts workshops for service users. We focus on co-production and work in genuine partnership with each unit's community.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Carers Leeds | Leeds | £1.9m |
| Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board General Purpose Charity | Cardiff | £1.9m |
| Dementia Forward | North Yorkshire | £1.8m |
| Islington Mind | London | £1.9m |