Friends of Clacton Hospital

Analysis

Friends of Clacton Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of Clacton Hospital reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1,951 to £15k (+661%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Clacton Hospital sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upton Village Hall Group (£15k), The Chinese Association of Southampton (£15k) and The Owen Family Trust (£15k).

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.