THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND

Registered charity 1123381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charitable Company's principal activities are grant making to medical charities, hospices and hospitals and to individuals with health or disability problems. These donations and grants were made possible by the surplus profits of the Charitable Company's trading Company, HSF health plan, being gifted to The Hospital Saturday Fund.

Objects

4. The objects for which the Association is established are for:the relief of sickness and suffering and giving of help to those who are aged, infirm unemployed or in need and who require Medical Relief as hereinafter defined or who are pregnant and for the promotion of medical research for the benefit of the public in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Eire, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Malta (the “area of benefit”).

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, EIRE, THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AND THE ISLE OF MAN

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36.9m
Latest spending
£38.5m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net asset position of £45,208,180 at year-end, with unrestricted free reserves of £3,416,202. The charity relies on income from its trading subsidiaries, which generated total premiums of £35,835,993, to fund its grant-making activities. The trustees confirmed that the group is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Gift Aid donations from trading subsidiaries
“The charity received Gift Aid donations during the year from its trading subsidiaries totalling £1,166,868 (2024: £2,072,500).” — page 45
“Donations totalling £1,437 (2024: £nil) were received from two Trustees during the year.” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from Trustees
“The charity received Gift Aid donations during the year from its trading subsidiaries totalling £1,166,868 (2024: £2,072,500).” — page 45
“Donations totalling £1,437 (2024: £nil) were received from two Trustees during the year.” — page 45
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: HSF Health Plan Ltd, HSF Health Plan Malta Ltd, HSF Assist Ltd
“The Hospital Saturday Fund is also the parent of three trading subsidiaries The HSF Health Plan Ltd, HSF Health Plan Malta Ltd & HSF Assist Ltd which generate the income from their trading activity to fund the grant-making.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 3 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

HSF ASSIST LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £69k
  • Profit before tax: £40k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £10k
  • There is a creditor’s balance of £10,969 (2024: £7,532) owed to the company’s sister company HSF health plan Limited in relation to management charges.
“Adjustment for profits gift aided to parent within 9 months (9,910)”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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 (2,916 followers) · instagram (1,239 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£36.9m
Total spending
£38.5m
Cost of raising funds
£35.9m
Reserves (reported)
£23.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (98% 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: 97.3% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Malta · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£36.9m£38.5m
31/12/2024£34.7m£36.2m
31/12/2023£31.6m£34.3m
31/12/2022£31.5m£28.5m
31/12/2021£31.1m£31.4m

Common questions

Is THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net asset position of £45,208,180 at year-end, with unrestricted free reserves of £3,416,202. The charity relies on income from its trading subsidiaries, which generated total premiums of £35,835,993, to fund its grant-making activities. The trustees confirmed that the group is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND as a grant recipient include CURE LEUKAEMIA, CEREBRAL PALSY PLUS, MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLY, CARE MERSEYSIDE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2024£10k
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2022£10k
CEREBRAL PALSY PLUSFY2023£3k
MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLYFY2023£2ktraining – Jane Young coaching
CEREBRAL PALSY PLUSFY2022£243
CARE MERSEYSIDEFY2021£29Funding towards a gardening project.

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 CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES CHARITABLE FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND£36.9m——above—no doubt
CROYDON HEALTH SERVICES CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£891k—1unclear—no doubt
SHERWOOD FOREST HOSPITALS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUND AND OTHER RELATED CHARITIES FY2025£519k—0unclear—no doubt
Hertford British Charitable Fund FY2025£2.9m——above—no doubt
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£415k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HUDSON FOUNDATION FY2025£976k—0above—no doubt

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