QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1104871 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Independent School

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Latest income
£13.4m
Latest spending
£12.8m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the School generated a net incoming resource of £555,785 for the year, with total income of £13,380,402 against total expenditure of £12,824,617. The Trustees report that free reserves stood at £3,708,915, which they consider to be in line with their objective of retaining reserves equivalent to approximately one term's expenditure. The Governors and auditors have concluded that the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £160,001 - £170,000 — above the median for charities its size (£130k)
“£160,001 to £170,000 4 -” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one term's expenditure (held: £3.7m)
“The current objective is to retain a level of free reserves equivalent to approximately one term's expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Property (HM Land Registry)

16 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (16 freehold); recorded price paid £850k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£13.4m
Total spending
£12.8m
Cost of raising funds
£265k
Reserves (reported)
£3.7m
Employees
167

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£13.4m£12.8m
31/08/2024£13.2m£12.9m
31/08/2023£12.4m£12.1m
31/08/2022£11.6m£11.2m
31/08/2021£10.6m£9.9m

Common questions

Is QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the School generated a net incoming resource of £555,785 for the year, with total income of £13,380,402 against total expenditure of £12,824,617. The Trustees report that free reserves stood at £3,708,915, which they consider to be in line with their objective of retaining reserves equivalent to approximately one term's expenditure. The Governors and auditors have concluded that the School has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £160,001 - £170,000 band.

Who funds QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL as a grant recipient include JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kBristol Independent Schools — John James Award Scheme
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2022£30kBristol Independent Schools - John James Award Scheme
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2022£3kBristol Schools - Prizes and Awards

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 THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL£13.4m£160,001 - £170,000—within—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH'S SCHOOL FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER HOSPITAL FY2025£164k—0above—no doubt
QUEEN'S GATE SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£12.4m——above—no doubt
QUEEN ELIZABETH I FOUNDATION FY2025£119k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£253k—0unclear—no doubt

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