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THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL CIO

Registered charity 1155088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The League is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and its charitable objectives are to relieve sickness and to preserve and protect good health for the public benefit by supporting the work of the Kent and Canterbury Hospital by such means as the trustees deem appropriate.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The independent auditor concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. No governance failures, late filings, or serious incidents were reported in the auditor's findings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The League of Friends of the Kent and Canterbury Hospital CIO (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£1.1m
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~8.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.4m
31/12/2024£1.8m£1.6m
31/12/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/12/2022£1.0m£1.1m
31/12/2021£766k£794k

Common questions

Is THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charity's affairs and have been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The independent auditor concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. No governance failures, late filings, or serious incidents were reported in the auditor's findings. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL CIO£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
AGE UK CANTERBURY FY2025£1.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF WORTHING HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY FRIENDS FY2024£764k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER HOSPITAL FY2025£164k—0above—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, BLACKHEATH FY2024£502k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt

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