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THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND

Registered charity 1123381 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission 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, supported by unrestricted free reserves of £3,416,202. The Trustees are satisfied with this position and confident that sufficient funds will be available to meet future needs, noting that the charity relies on the success of its trading subsidiaries to fund grant-making activities.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustee donations
“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.

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.

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).

Trustees

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?

The accounts state that the group reported a net asset position of £45,208,180 at year-end, supported by unrestricted free reserves of £3,416,202. The Trustees are satisfied with this position and confident that sufficient funds will be available to meet future needs, noting that the charity relies on the success of its trading subsidiaries to fund grant-making activities. 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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2024£10k
CURE LEUKAEMIAFY2022£10k
CEREBRAL PALSY PLUSFY2023£3k
MACMILLAN CARING LOCALLYFY2023£2k

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£92k
TOM AND SHEILA SPRINGER CHARITY1£29k
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION1£16k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED1£15k
THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION1£9k
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

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