Northcare Charity
Registered charity 1049226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALFORD ROYAL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND, SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND
Promoting the welfare of patients and staff of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and the support of medical education and research within the trust.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total funds decreased from £5.958 million to £5.6 million, driven by a reduction in income and expenditure compared to the prior year. The charity maintains free reserves of £1,032,000, which exceeds its stated reserve requirement of £553,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Legacies (53% of income)
“Included in this figure the Charity received income of £639k from legacies in 2024/25” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Forvis Mazars LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northcare Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Geoff Little — Chairman (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£540k
Reported reserves equal ~13.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 44.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/07/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (28/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (14/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- SALFORD ROYAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bury · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Northcare Charity financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased from £5.958 million to £5.6 million, driven by a reduction in income and expenditure compared to the prior year. The charity maintains free reserves of £1,032,000, which exceeds its stated reserve requirement of £553,000. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forvis Mazars LLP.
Who funds Northcare Charity?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Northcare Charity as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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