Friends of the Mary Hewetson Hospital, Keswick

Analysis

Friends of the Mary Hewetson Hospital, Keswick is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in May 1965, 61 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 other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends of the Mary Hewetson Hospital, Keswick reported income of £42k and spending of £11k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £42k (+315%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 1502%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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 the Mary Hewetson Hospital, Keswick sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basingstoke and District Disability Forum (£42k), The Magnus Charity (£42k) and Ercall Magna, Payton Recreation Ground and Village Hall (£42k).