Christchurch Hospital League of Friends

Analysis

Christchurch Hospital League of Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Christchurch. It was registered in November 1976, 50 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 other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Christchurch Hospital League of Friends reported income of £11k and spending of £87k, spending 797% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,974 to £11k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 898% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Christchurch Hospital League of Friends sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heysham Fund (£11k), Littleport and District Patients & Users, Lenders of Special Equipment (£11k) and Morriston Hospital League of Friends (£11k).