The Hospital of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield

Analysis

The Hospital of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hospital of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield reported income of £766k and spending of £894k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £533k to £766k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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 Hospital of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury at Sheffield sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Platform (Hull) (£766k), Hyde Physiotherapy Centre (£766k) and Hawks Road Community Nursery Limited (£766k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 67% and charitable activities 25%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 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.