Friends of Bristol Eye Hospital

Analysis

Friends of Bristol Eye Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1977, 49 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Friends of Bristol Eye Hospital reported income of £215k and spending of £112k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £27k to £215k (+689%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 1074%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 Bristol Eye Hospital sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baso-The Association for Cancer Surgery (£215k), Visit From the Stork (£215k) and The League of Friends of Shepton Mallet Community Hospital (£215k).