The League of Friends of the Princess of Wales Community Hospital

Analysis

The League of Friends of the Princess of Wales Community Hospital is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The League of Friends of the Princess of Wales Community Hospital reported income of £14k and spending of £8,077, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £8,761 to £14k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 21564%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The League of Friends of the Princess of Wales Community Hospital sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include African Association for the Study of Religions (£14k), Plaitford Village Hall (£14k) and Shifnal Seniors (£14k).