Penrith Community Hospital League of Friends

Analysis

Penrith Community Hospital League of Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Penrith. It was registered in August 2019, 7 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Penrith Community Hospital League of Friends reported income of £11k and spending of £21k, spending 183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,113 to £11k (+179%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 207% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Penrith Community Hospital League of Friends sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kevin Richards Foundation Centre (£11k), The Haymarket Charitable Trust (£12k) and Bosom Friends (Bradford) (£11k).