The League of Friends of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shrewsbury. It was registered in November 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 December 2024, The League of Friends of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital reported income of £1.2m and spending of £930k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income grew from £578k to £1.2m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include George House Trust (£1.2m), Reubens Retreat Ltd (£1.2m) and The Michael Sobell Hospice Charity (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 85%, donations and legacies 10%, charitable activities 3.3% and investments 1.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £104k. Charitable activities took 7.0% of spending and raising funds 0.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28k. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.