BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES

Registered charity 1051570 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, BLACKPOOL, FYLDE & WYRE HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES, BLUE SKIES HOSPITALS FUND

THE CHARITY UNDERPINS THE WORK OF THE NHS ON THE FYLDE COAST TO IMPROVE HOSPITALS AND HEALTHCARE

Objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS

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 · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£941k

Latest spending

£1.0m

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £498,000 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover cessation costs as per their reserves policy. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £488,000, driven by a significant drop in donations and legacies compared to the previous year, while total expenditure remained substantial at £1,022,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: above £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“There is 1 (2023/24: none) employee with emoluments above £60,000.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There is 1 (2023/24: none) employee with emoluments above £60,000.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: enough money is set aside to cover costs if the Charity was to cease trading (held: £498k)

“The Reserves Policy states that unrestricted reserves are maintained at a level that enough money is set aside to cover costs if the Charity was to cease trading.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Rawcliffe & Co Limited. Discloses 6 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Buyer	Contract	Awarded	Value
MERSEY AND WEST LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST	Support for Psychosexual services	—	—
Blackpool Borough Council	Homeless and Rough Sleepers Mental Health	—	—

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£941k

Total spending

£1.0m

Cost of raising funds

£488k

Reserves (reported)

£498k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 51.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£941k	£1.0m
31/03/2024	£1.3m	£1.9m
31/03/2023	£1.1m	£775k
31/03/2022	£480k	£622k
31/03/2021	£753k	£1.0m

Common questions

Is BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £498,000 at the end of the year, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover cessation costs as per their reserves policy. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £488,000, driven by a significant drop in donations and legacies compared to the previous year, while total expenditure remained substantial at £1,022,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Rawcliffe & Co Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the above £60,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES as a grant recipient include THE HEALTH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION	FY2022	£40k	Improving health and care services

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/09/2022	£104k	Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Support and Specialist Services
UK government	01/09/2022	£104k	Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Support and Specialist Services

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	2	£1.8m
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION	1	£55k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE.

VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE income £626k
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY income £359k
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY income £1.1m
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST income £335k
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BLACKPOOL TEACHING HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND AND RELATED CHARITIES	£941k	above £60,000	1	above	—	no doubt
VOLUNTEER CENTRE BLACKPOOL WYRE AND FYLDE FY2025	£626k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£357k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY FY2025	£359k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025	£335k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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