The League of Friends of the Loughborough Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Loughborough Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Loughborough. It was registered in April 1973, 53 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 and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The League of Friends of the Loughborough Hospital reported income of £44k and spending of £20k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £2,580 to £44k (+1595%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 344%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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 Loughborough Hospital sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mindapples (£44k), European Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Esoprs) (£44k) and Lydbrook Area Community Care Association (£44k).