Friends of Ripon Hospitals

Analysis

Friends of Ripon Hospitals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ripon. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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 provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Ripon Hospitals reported income of £19k and spending of £29k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £19k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 170% 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 Ripon Hospitals sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garden of Abundant Life (£19k), Parish Room (£19k) and Walkoncemore (£19k).

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.