Sheffield Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Sheffield Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in October 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10422654). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sheffield Hospitals Charity reported income of £2.9m and spending of £5.3m, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.1m to £2.9m (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sheffield Hospitals Charity sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (£2.9m), Hertford British Charitable Fund (£2.9m) and Solving Kids' Cancer UK (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 35%, trading 33%, investments 23% and charitable activities 9.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £586k. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 28%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.