University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity

Analysis

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2017, 9 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 10394287). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.4m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.8m to £3.7m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston 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 World Child Cancer UK (£3.7m), Breakthrough - Transformation Trust (£3.7m) and Whag (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 39%, investments 29%, trading 25% and charitable activities 6.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £894k. Charitable activities took 61% of spending and raising funds 36%. Grants to other organisations totalled £722k. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 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.