NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY

Registered charity 1059946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CARLISLE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, NORTH CUMBRIA ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND, NORTH CUMBRIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITABLE FUND, NORTH CUMBRIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND

The trustees shall hold the charitable fund upon trust to apply the income and at their discretion, so far as may be permissible, the capital, for any charitable purpose or purposes relating to the National Health Service.

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

Latest income
£359k
Latest spending
£613k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves stood at £2,264,000, which is significantly above the stated policy minimum of £474,000. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £273,000 due to a loss on investments and higher charitable expenditure than income, but maintains a healthy liquidity position with £2,070,000 in cash and equivalents.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Cumbria University Hospital NHS Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£332k
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£359k£613k
31/03/2024£1.2m£332k
31/03/2023£415k£523k
31/03/2022£385k£397k
31/03/2021£1.1m£474k

Common questions

Is NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free/unrestricted reserves stood at £2,264,000, which is significantly above the stated policy minimum of £474,000. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £273,000 due to a loss on investments and higher charitable expenditure than income, but maintains a healthy liquidity position with £2,070,000 in cash and equivalents. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dodd & Co Audit Limited.

Who funds NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£300kGrants to members
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£0Grants awarded 2023

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 PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH CUMBRIA HOSPITALS NHS CHARITY£359k—0unclear—no doubt
PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025£963k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE HEALTH CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£1.3m—1unclear35.3%no doubt
Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity, supported by Friends of Harrogate Hospital FY2025£599k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST ANGLIA NHS FOUNDATION TRUST - PETERBOROUGH AND STAMFORD UMBRELLA CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£884k—0unclear—no doubt
SOMERSET NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUNDS FY2026£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear33.1%no doubt

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