Friends of Eastbourne Hospital

Analysis

Friends of Eastbourne Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Friends of Eastbourne Hospital reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.6m, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £741k to £1.3m (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Eastbourne Hospital 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 Isle of Wight Youth Trust (£1.3m), Rustington Convalescent Home (Carpenters Company) (£1.3m) and The Whitechapel Mission (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 55%, donations and legacies 43% and investments 1.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £534k. Charitable activities took 67% of spending and raising funds 33%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.