The Friends of Orpington Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of Orpington Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Friends of Orpington Hospital reported income of £131k and spending of £198k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £85k to £131k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Friends of Orpington Hospital sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croydon Hearing Resource Centre (£131k), Medi Tech Trust (£131k) and Actacc (£131k).