The League of Friends of Buckingham Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of Buckingham Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckingham. It was registered in June 1978, 48 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 December 2025, The League of Friends of Buckingham Hospital reported income of £14k and spending of £23k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £61k to £14k (-77%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 266%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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 Buckingham Hospital sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kings Nympton Parish Hall (£14k), Sheila Hind Trust (£14k) and Harrow Shopmobility (£14k).