GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1051606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHELTENHAM AND GLOUCESTER HOSPITALS CHARITY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND

for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the NHS ,wholly or mainly for the service provided by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources reached £2,701k against a target of £2,750k, while charitable expenditure was £1,981k. Free unrestricted reserves are reported as £55k, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operational costs for a minimum of three months, maintaining a stable financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £55k)
“The fixed reserve held should be sufficient to cover the charity’s costs for minimum of 3 months to include salaries, redundancy and core charitable administration expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to parent entity
“During the year the Charitable Trust made capital purchases of £309k(£400k in 2023/24)and a cash grant of £21k(£71 in 2023/24k) was given to GHNHSFT where the Trustees are all members of the Trust board.” — page 28
“Staff costs detailed in note 13 are paid by the GHNHSFT and recharged to the charity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Staff cost recharge from parent entity
“During the year the Charitable Trust made capital purchases of £309k(£400k in 2023/24)and a cash grant of £21k(£71 in 2023/24k) was given to GHNHSFT where the Trustees are all members of the Trust board.” — page 28
“Staff costs detailed in note 13 are paid by the GHNHSFT and recharged to the charity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£876k
Reserves (reported)
£319k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.5m£2.0m
31/03/2024£1.9m£2.5m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.4m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources reached £2,701k against a target of £2,750k, while charitable expenditure was £1,981k. Free unrestricted reserves are reported as £55k, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover operational costs for a minimum of three months, maintaining a stable financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Deloitte LLP.

Who funds GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, THE SAINTBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2022£3kThe Advancement of Health or the Saving of Lives
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£0Grants awarded 2023

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government25/11/2022£28kThe implementation of the mixed reality Submergence technology as a complimentary therapeutic mental healthcare solution
UK government21/08/2022£999kPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3a)
UK government21/08/2022£5.3mPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3a)
UK government21/08/2022£6.7mPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3a)
UK government21/08/2022£3.2mPublic Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Phase 3a)
UK government03/09/2021£60kCovenant Fund

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£963k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k—0above—no doubt
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£635k—0above—no doubt
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear33.1%no doubt

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