The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herne Bay. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay reported income of £252k and spending of £36k, leaving 86% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £19k to £252k (+1249%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The League of Friends of the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Herne Bay sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sisters of the Cross and Passion (£252k), Whitley Community Development Association (£252k) and Association of Christians in Counselling and Linked Professions (£252k).