The League of Friends of the Dover Hospitals

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Dover Hospitals is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dover. It was registered in January 1983, 43 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 the Dover Hospitals reported income of £90k and spending of £85k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £6,291 to £90k (+1334%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 577%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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 the Dover Hospitals sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers (£90k), Hangleton Community Association (£90k) and Birch Community Association (£90k).