WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 1057416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALSALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND, WELL WISHERS

The objectives of the charity are for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the National Health Service wholly or mainly for the service provided by the Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Donations are used in accordance with the wishes of the donor i.e. to purchase medical equipment, provide amenities to patients and staff and finance limited education and medical research.

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Latest income
£315k
Latest spending
£486k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £178,000 against income of £315,000, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £1,630,000 to £1,460,000. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that net assets are sufficient to cover six months of expenditure. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of future expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves of £931,000 falling below the stated £500,000 contingency reserve target when considering the total fund balance context, though the specific unrestricted figure is not directly compared to the policy target in the text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of future expenditure / £500,000 contingency reserve (held: £931k)
The trustees intend that funds are spent within a reasonable period of receipt and therefore plan to maintain reserves sufficient to cover future expenditure equivalent to an average of 6 months. The trustees have previously set a contingency reserve total of £500,000 — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payments made to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, a related party, which are reimbursed by the Charity.
However, the charity has made revenue and capital payments to Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is a related party of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust General Charitable Fund.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Well Wishers (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£588k
Total spending
£417k
Cost of raising funds
£75k
Reserves (reported)
£500k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£315k£486k
31/03/2024£588k£417k
31/03/2023£554k£141k
31/03/2022£294k£168k
31/03/2021£443k£139k

Common questions

Is WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £178,000 against income of £315,000, resulting in a decrease in total fund balances from £1,630,000 to £1,460,000. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, noting that net assets are sufficient to cover six months of expenditure. The charity maintains a reserves policy targeting six months of future expenditure, with actual unrestricted reserves of £931,000 falling below the stated £500,000 contingency reserve target when considering the total fund balance context, though the specific unrestricted figure is not directly compared to the policy target in the text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund17/05/2011£38k"Voices Through Corridors"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND£315k0unclearno doubt
STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL FUND FY2025£930k0aboveno doubt
SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2024£3.3m0above6.3%no doubt
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£519k0unclearno doubt
POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£251k0unclearno doubt
THE HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS HEALTH CHARITY FY2024£2.4m0unclearno doubt

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