National Health Service Retirement Fellowship

Analysis

National Health Service Retirement Fellowship is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 9 Crown Square. It was registered in November 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Health Service Retirement Fellowship reported income of £724k and spending of £755k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £304k to £724k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Health Service Retirement Fellowship sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Light Card Foundation (£724k), Aspiring Communities (£725k) and Lagan's Foundation (£724k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 53%, donations and legacies 42% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £232k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.

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.