Friends of Mengo Hospital

Analysis

Friends of Mengo Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Mengo Hospital reported income of £21k and spending of £46k, spending 226% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £21k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 306%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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 Mengo Hospital sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gillham Charitable Trust (£21k), Running Well (£21k) and Rotary Club of Bristol Trust Fund (£21k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.