ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY

Registered charity 1052720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL BERKSHIRE AND BATTLE HOSPITALS CHARITY, ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION CHARITY

The Charity seeks to secure donations, legacies, and sponsorship to enhance the care and treatment available to patients at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. Through the provision of grants they support projects which improve patient care and the hospital environment, medical equipment, health education, staff development and welfare, and that fall outside of the remit of the NHS.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets decreased by £450k to £3,888k, with unrestricted and designated reserves totaling £3,132k. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of one year's running costs, estimated at £436k, which is well covered by the current unrestricted reserves. 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 (30% of income)

“This year’s income from donations is £482k (2023/24 £415k) which is an increase of £67k. Legacy income this year is significantly up at £386k (2023/24 £62k) resulting from a few large legacy notifications received.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: one year's running costs (held: £3.1m)

“The Trustee’s policy is that funds should be spent in a timely manner for public benefit, rather than retained for investment purposes. On an ongoing basis, the Charity seeks to maintain the equivalent of one year’s running costs in unrestricted available reserves to cover all known operational commitments. During the year this was estimated to be £436k (2023-24 £436k).” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Berks Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jo Warrior — Charity Director (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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

NFU Mutual Great Milton — “NFU Mutual Great Milton Supports Royal Berks Charity’s Award-Winning Single Point of Access Service The Royal Berks Charity is delighted to …” (source page)
HCR Law — “HCR Law continues charity partnership inspired by ICU survival story” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£436k

Reserves (reported)

£3.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~22.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 34.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (06/11/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Oxfordshire · Reading · West Berkshire · Windsor And Maidenhead · Wokingham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£1.7m
31/03/2024	£843k	£1.2m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£2.5m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets decreased by £450k to £3,888k, with unrestricted and designated reserves totaling £3,132k. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of one year's running costs, estimated at £436k, which is well covered by the current unrestricted reserves. 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 Deloitte LLP.

Who funds ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2023	£30k	Grants awarded 2023
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2022	£5k	Grant

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
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION	1	£55k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
CANTIACORUM FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

Berkshire Healthcare Charity income £641k
NEWBURY AND THATCHAM HOSPITAL BUILDING TRUST income £6.5m
DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £664k
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND income £930k
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £519k
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL BERKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Berkshire Healthcare Charity FY2025	£641k	—	above	—	no doubt
NEWBURY AND THATCHAM HOSPITAL BUILDING TRUST FY2025	£6.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£664k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025	£930k	—	above	—	no doubt
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£519k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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