Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund

Analysis

Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund reported income of £2.0m and spending of £365k, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd (£2.0m), Leicester City Football Club Trust Limited (£2.0m) and Hywel Dda Health Charities (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £181k. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 166 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.