Leeds Hospitals Charity

Analysis

Leeds Hospitals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in November 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10492128). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Leeds Hospitals Charity reported income of £6.5m and spending of £7.9m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £7.1m to £6.5m (-9.7%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Leeds Hospitals Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (£6.4m), The Renal Association (£6.5m) and Maudsley Charity (£6.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, trading 34% and investments 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £889k. Charitable activities took 52% of spending and raising funds 45%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.9m. Reserves of £4.0m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 71 people.