BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND

Registered charity 1059455 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND, BHR HOSPITALS CHARITY, KING GEORGE & QUEEN'S HOSPITALS CHARITY

To receive income and purchase equipment and amenities for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the National Health Service.

Objects

FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE

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

Latest income

£868k

Latest spending

£566k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £868,000 from £1,124,000 in the prior year, primarily due to a reduction in grant income. Total expenditure fell to £566,000, resulting in a net movement in funds of £360,000 and a total fund balance of £4,451,000. The trustees note a financial risk associated with an outstanding liability of £209,000 owed to the Corporate Trustee and a £65,000 provision for professional fees.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s operational costs and ongoing approved commitments, (£500,000) (held: £4.5m)

“The Corporate Trustee has a reserves policy to retain the cash equivalent equal to one year’s operational costs and ongoing approved commitments, (£500,000).” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“The financial statements of current year have been prepared on a basis other than going concern basis due to the planned transfer of the Charity’s assets, liabilities, and operations to a newly established Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO) during the FY2025/26.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Johnsons Chartered Accountants. 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

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

Total income

£868k

Total spending

£566k

Cost of raising funds

£338k

Reserves (reported)

£500k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 38.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BHR University Hospitals NHS Trust

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£868k	£566k
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£740k
31/03/2023	£646k	£828k
31/03/2022	£583k	£676k
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£490k

Common questions

Is BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £868,000 from £1,124,000 in the prior year, primarily due to a reduction in grant income. Total expenditure fell to £566,000, resulting in a net movement in funds of £360,000 and a total fund balance of £4,451,000. The trustees note a financial risk associated with an outstanding liability of £209,000 owed to the Corporate Trustee and a £65,000 provision for professional fees. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Johnsons Chartered Accountants.

Who funds BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND as a grant recipient include SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	30/10/2024	£801k	Next-generation brain-machine interface for whole-brain I/O
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/03/2022	£10k	My interactive sensory ‘little journey’ helping sick children

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	4	£2.9m
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION	1	£55k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE DWF FOUNDATION	1	£1k
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY.

BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY income £1.1m
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND income £635k
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND income £315k
HOMERTON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £267k
Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity, supported by Friends of Harrogate Hospital income £599k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BARKING, HAVERING AND REDBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITY FUND	£868k	—	unclear	—	not going concern
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£357k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST GENERAL CHARITY FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£635k	—	above	—	no doubt
WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£315k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HOMERTON HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£267k	—	above	—	no doubt

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