UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS CHARITY

Registered charity 1054889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE FUND, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE CHARITY

UHNM Charity is the official charity for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust: which manages Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford. Its priority is to enhance patient experience and outcomes over and above what the NHS can provide through funding pioneering research, refurbishment and enhancements, and advanced medical equipment, technology and systems.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £8.1 million exceed the agreed reserves policy target of three years' operational and governance costs. The charity reported a net income increase to £5.1 million, driven largely by a £6.4 million donation from the Denise Coates Foundation, while total expenditure was £3.1 million. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — University Hospitals of North Midlands Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~31.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Rushton

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Shropshire · Staffordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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