Endowment Fund of the Providence Free Hospital, St Helens

Analysis

Endowment Fund of the Providence Free Hospital, St Helens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Endowment Fund of the Providence Free Hospital, St Helens reported income of £17k and spending of £21k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income fell from £17k to £17k (-1.5%), an average of -0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Endowment Fund of the Providence Free Hospital, St Helens sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Habitation of Hope (£17k), The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Benevolent Fund (£17k) and Rotary Club of Chipping Sodbury Trust Fund (£17k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.