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FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1122585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising to provide equipment for the William Harvey Hospital

Objects

TO RELIEVE PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL AND ITS ASSOCIATED HOSPITALS AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND GENERALLY, TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE SAID HOSPITALS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE KENT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £71,652, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £869,463. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £862,364 are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of three months of expenditure, estimated at £360,000. The auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cassidys Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of William Harvey 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.

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£862k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (97% 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: 80.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.4m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/12/2022£969k£947k
31/12/2021£672k£712k
31/12/2020£499k£538k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year of £71,652, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £869,463. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £862,364 are sufficient to meet the stated policy target of three months of expenditure, estimated at £360,000. The auditors concluded that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cassidys Chartered Accountants.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION1£19k

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

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL FY2024£310k—0above—no doubt
THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FY2025£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF HORSHAM HOSPITAL FY2026£165k—0above—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TO THE ROBERT JONES & AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FY2024£882k—0unclear64.3%no doubt

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