St George's Hospital Charity

Analysis

St George's Hospital Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. 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 10565339). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St George's Hospital Charity reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.8m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.2m to £3.0m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St George's Hospital 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 Bromley 'y' (£3.0m), Mind in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Redbridge (£3.0m) and The Pixel Fund (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £828k. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 36%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £11.9m would cover about 37 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 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.