The Friends of the Sheffield Children's Hospital

Analysis

The Friends of the Sheffield Children's Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 1974, 52 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Friends of the Sheffield Children's Hospital reported income of £57k and spending of £57k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £31k to £57k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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 Friends of the Sheffield Children's Hospital sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parish Lands (£57k), Fonnereau Road Health Foundation (£57k) and The Clarke Charitable Settlement (£57k).