Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals

Analysis

Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides other finance, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Brighton and Hove Hospitals reported income of £79k and spending of £242k, spending 306% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £61k to £79k (+29%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 320%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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 Brighton and Hove Hospitals sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Midlands Central Accident Resuscitation Emergency Team (£79k), Nsumbi Trust (£79k) and Ummah Relief Foundation (£79k).