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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

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 — top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%)

“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.

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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (06/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/04/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST

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

Operates in: Herefordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	3	£449k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES.

POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £251k
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES income £1.0m
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £489k
THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST CHARITY income £856k
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY income £1.1m
TEES ESK AND WEAR VALLEYS NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £257k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WYE VALLEY NHS TRUST UMBRELLA CHARITY	£566k	—	unclear	22.1%	no doubt
POWYS TEACHING LOCAL HEALTH BOARD CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITY AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE SAVITRI WANEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£489k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON NHS TRUST CHARITY FY2025	£856k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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