Friends of University College London Hospitals

Analysis

Friends of University College London Hospitals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of University College London Hospitals reported income of £60k and spending of £77k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £78k to £60k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 184% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of University College London Hospitals sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Bramhall and Woodford Charities Trust Fund (£60k), Scoutmed National Scout Active Support Unit (£60k) and Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton) (£60k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.