League of Friends of the Royal South Hants Hospital

Analysis

League of Friends of the Royal South Hants Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southampton. It was registered in December 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, League of Friends of the Royal South Hants Hospital reported income of £258k and spending of £238k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £140k to £258k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, League of Friends of the Royal South Hants Hospital sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healthwatch Lambeth (£258k), League of Friends of the King's Lynn Area Hospitals (£258k) and The Arisaig Partners Foundation (£258k).