WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY

Registered charity 1058898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEREFORD HOSPITALS NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY

Charitable purposes or purposes relating to the National Health Service, wholly or mainly for the services provided at Wye Valley NHS Trust

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE WHOLLY OR MAINLY FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED AT WYE VALLEY 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Herefordshire, County of, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£566k
Latest spending
£980k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £382k at year-end, which remains above the stated policy minimum of £100k or six months of operating expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, noting that future liabilities do not exceed its ability to fund from existing resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (66% of income)
“in addition to £371k of donations (2023/24, £196k).” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 22.1% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“The Trust incurred £125k (2023/24, £87k) on costs relating to the generation of voluntary income and donations.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure or £100k (held: £382k)
“The Charity’s reserves policy states that minimum funds must be held equating to six months of operating expenditure or £100k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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

  • Volunteers: 16
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/07/2024, 153 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 15/01/2024, 349 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 22/03/2022, 50 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£566k
Total spending
£980k
Cost of raising funds
£125k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£566k£980k
31/03/2024£493k£633k
31/03/2023£1.7m£237k
31/03/2022£730k£447k
31/03/2021£372k£355k

Common questions

Is WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased to £382k at year-end, which remains above the stated policy minimum of £100k or six months of operating expenditure. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, noting that future liabilities do not exceed its ability to fund from existing resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CANTERBURY UMBRELLA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY£566k—0unclear22.1%no doubt
CANTERBURY UMBRELLA FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
DMW TRUST FY2025£50k—0within—no doubt
UMBRELLA CYMRU FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - PETERBOROUGH AND STAMFORD UMBRELLA CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£884k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY FY2025£359k—0unclear—no doubt

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