The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing

Analysis

The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing reported income of £1.3m and spending of £2.0m, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.3m (+2.8%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 132% 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 Queen's Institute of Community Nursing sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tyneside and Northumberland Mind (£1.3m), Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (£1.3m) and Carers Plus Yorkshire Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 25% and investments 17%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £320. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £79k. Reserves of £473k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.

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.