WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT FUND

Registered charity 1049067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW START

The objectives of the charity are the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health by the provision of finacial assistance to the programme of heart and lung transplantation and future clinical developments in heart and lung surgery at the Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£218k

Latest spending

£178k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,479,220 are held, which the trustees consider above their stated policy target of £50,000 required to meet one year's operating costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £38,735 for the year, supported by voluntary donations and investment income, while maintaining a strong cash and investment position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s operating costs... £50,000 (held: £1.5m)

“£50,000 is considered to be adequate for this purpose.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Start (Wythenshawe Hospital Transplant Fund) (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£559k

Total spending

£693k

Cost of raising funds

£6k

Reserves (reported)

£50k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Paul Callan
Emma Mather
Jane Nuttall
Michael John Hill
Neil Eadie
Richard Wood
Steven Fowler
Vipin Mehta
WILLIAM NOBLE

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£218k	£178k
31/03/2024	£156k	£20k
31/03/2023	£214k	£84k
31/03/2022	£220k	£85k
31/03/2021	£559k	£693k

Common questions

Is WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,479,220 are held, which the trustees consider above their stated policy target of £50,000 required to meet one year's operating costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £38,735 for the year, supported by voluntary donations and investment income, while maintaining a strong cash and investment position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	4	£206k
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£651k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
THE SAMUEL STOREY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY.

THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY income £635k
FREEMAN HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION income £148k
ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL CHARITY income £1.9m
ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £10.3m
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £1.0m
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £519k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL TRANSPLANT FUND	£218k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025	£635k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
FREEMAN HEART & LUNG TRANSPLANT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL PAPWORTH HOSPITAL CHARITY FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£10.3m	£140,000 - £149,999	—	above	—	no doubt
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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