Eastbridge Hospital (Or St Thomas)

Analysis

Eastbridge Hospital (Or St Thomas) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canterbury. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Eastbridge Hospital (Or St Thomas) reported income of £242k and spending of £727k, spending 301% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £426k to £242k (-43%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 400% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Eastbridge Hospital (Or St Thomas) 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 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alexian Brothers of the Province of the Sacred Heart (£241k), Nine Oaks Housing Trust Limited (£242k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridlington St Mary (£241k).

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.