The Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends

Analysis

The Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in May 1967, 59 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, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends reported income of £190k and spending of £188k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £100k to £190k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Hawkhurst Community Hospital League of Friends sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Running Bee Foundation (£190k), Keighley Association for Women and Children's Centre (£190k) and Friends of Trent Vale Trail (£190k).