MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 1048297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEALTHCARE CHARITY MK, MILTON KEYNES GENERAL NHS TRUST CHARITY, MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL CHARITY

The Trust each year receives a number of donations from patients and well wishers in appreciation of the health care services it delivers. Expenditure against these donations mainly relates to the provision of patient comforts, staff training, medical equipment purchases and provision of general facilities.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £88,000 against a stated policy target of £200,000, representing six months of operating costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of a deficit of £73,000, driven by a 40% decrease in charitable income amidst a challenging fundraising landscape.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Milton Keynes Hospital Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~10.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 21.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Hillingdon Hospitals Charity.

• Hillingdon Hospitals Charity income £121k
• NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY income £4.2m
• THE MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES income £1.1m
• DONCASTER AND BASSETLAW HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £706k
• THE DUDLEY GROUP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY income £547k
• NORTH WEST AMBULANCE SERVICE NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £357k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.