The League of Friends of Broomfield Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of Broomfield Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1970, 56 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The League of Friends of Broomfield Hospital reported income of £393k and spending of £407k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £203k to £393k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 League of Friends of Broomfield Hospital sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Litherland Youth and Community Centre (£393k), Music Therapy Works (£393k) and Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust Charitable Fund (£393k).