Fountain's Hospital

Analysis

Fountain's Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Skipton. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Fountain's Hospital reported income of £81k and spending of £94k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £90k to £81k (-9.9%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Fountain's Hospital sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King Edward Community Centre Association (£81k), William Henry King's Almshouses (£81k) and Dame Alice Leigh's Almshouse (£80k).