The Friends of the West Suffolk Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of the West Suffolk Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury St Edmunds. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Friends of the West Suffolk Hospital reported income of £32k and spending of £76k, spending 239% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £41k to £32k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friends of the West Suffolk Hospital sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maltby and District Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£32k), The English Trusts of the Institute of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (£32k) and Trees and Design Action Group Trust (£32k).