Friends of Benenden Hospital
Registered charity 1065995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BENENDEN HOSPITAL TRUST
The objects of the Charity are for the public benefit, the improvement of health andwellbeing through the provision of equipment, facilities and services to the patientsof Benenden Hospital.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity transferred its hospital trade and assets to a subsidiary of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited in December 2025, resulting in a net asset position of £185,000 at year-end. The charity now focuses on fundraising, with operating expenses funded by the Society until November 2030. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and have adopted the going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Trading subsidiary: Benenden Hospital Limited
“On 1 December 2025 the Charity transferred the business and the assets of Benenden Hospital to The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited (“the Society”). The Society then immediately transferred the business and the assets of the hospital to Benenden Hospital Limited, a company registered in England and Wales which is wholly owned by The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited (the “Society”).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Benenden Hospital (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- CROOT, Stella — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
- PUXTY, Paul Richard — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
- SMITH, Victoria Jayne — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
CQC provider record: The Benenden Hospital Trust — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 24/01/2017.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Trustpilot: benendenhospital.org.uk scores 3.7/5 from 1 reviews (source) — reviews usually concern the charity’s shops or services, not its charitable performance.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram (1,975 followers)
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (11/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Kim Horsford
- Paul Richard Puxty
- Stella Croot
- Victoria Jayne Smith
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Friends of Benenden Hospital financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity transferred its hospital trade and assets to a subsidiary of The Benenden Healthcare Society Limited in December 2025, resulting in a net asset position of £185,000 at year-end. The charity now focuses on fundraising, with operating expenses funded by the Society until November 2030. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and have adopted the going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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 LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.