NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY

Registered charity 1057213 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity complements NHS resources in The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Charity awards grants for the purchase of service-enhancing equipment, improvements to patient amenities, enhancement to staff facilities and funding for research and development.

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

Latest income
£9.5m
Latest spending
£8.8m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £9.5 million, resulting in a net surplus of £299,000 for the year. Free reserves were calculated at £2.5 million, which exceeds the budgeted operating costs of £2.2 million, indicating adequate liquidity to meet current liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the coming year budget for operating costs (held: £2.5m)
“The Charity aims to hold free reserves with a value sufficient to meet the coming year budget for operating costs.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Newcastle Hospitals Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

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

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

Total income
£9.5m
Total spending
£8.8m
Cost of raising funds
£867k
Reserves (reported)
£2.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£9.5m£8.8m
31/03/2024£6.1m£8.1m
31/03/2023£8.4m£8.6m
31/03/2022£5.2m£11.5m
31/03/2021£4.4m£5.1m

Common questions

Is NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £9.5 million, resulting in a net surplus of £299,000 for the year. Free reserves were calculated at £2.5 million, which exceeds the budgeted operating costs of £2.2 million, indicating adequate liquidity to meet current liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants.

Who funds NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£597kGrants to members
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£30kGrants awarded 2023
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£17k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2021£7kGrant to institution
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East04/12/2025£500Grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East05/12/2024£500Grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East24/10/2024£1kGrant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East24/03/2022£50kA grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
UK government01/01/2022£68kDeep Learning MR-only Radiation Therapy
UK government01/01/2022£58kDeep-Learning MR-only Radiation Therapy
Community Foundation North East25/11/2021£500A grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East21/10/2021£70A grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East09/09/2021£500A grant to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity
Community Foundation North East15/03/2019£50kSir Bobby Robson Foundation for research into cancer
Northern Rock Foundation12/02/2002£30kGrant awarded to Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity (North East)

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 HEALTHWORKS NEWCASTLE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY£9.5m—0above—no doubt
HEALTHWORKS NEWCASTLE FY2025£2.4m£60,001 - £65,0001above—no doubt
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
Leeds Hospitals Charity FY2025£7.2m——unclear—no doubt
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Charity FY2025£380k—0unclear—no doubt

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