QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1056120 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as QVH CHARITY

Charitable activities relating to the NHS, wholly or mainly for the service provided by the Queen Victoria Hospital.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WHOLLY OR MAINLY FOR THE SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mid Sussex, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£253k
Latest spending
£204k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with total net assets of £3,162,000 and unrestricted funds of £368,000. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient funds to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, although they note that income growth is expected to be challenging due to economic conditions. The charity holds all cash in deposit accounts to avoid investment volatility and ensure funds are available for charitable purposes.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of the charities operating costs (reserves figure: £368k)
“For 2025/26, the Reserve policy will remain in line with that of the Charity Committee's agreement in 2024/25, with reserves set at six months of the charities operating costs for 2025/26.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£258k
Cost of raising funds
£60k
Reserves (reported)
£392k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~18.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Croydon · East Sussex · Greenwich · Kent · Surrey · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£253k£204k
31/03/2024£254k£240k
31/03/2023£2.2m£258k
31/03/2022£132k£144k
31/03/2021£911k£290k

Common questions

Is QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year in a strong financial position with total net assets of £3,162,000 and unrestricted funds of £368,000. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient funds to meet liabilities for at least 12 months, although they note that income growth is expected to be challenging due to economic conditions. The charity holds all cash in deposit accounts to avoid investment volatility and ensure funds are available for charitable purposes. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£11kGrant to institution

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND£253k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£835k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST CHARITY FY2025£856k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£202k—0within—no doubt
KINGSTON AND RICHMOND NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£2.4m—0above12.7%no doubt
MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2026£419k——unclear—no doubt

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