GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1160316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' CHARITY
GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INVESTING IN A HEALTHIER SOCIETY. WE FUND, INVEST, PARTNER, ENGAGE AND INFLUENCE TO COME AT BIG HEALTH CHALLENGES FROM ALL ANGLES. WE COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITIES, PARTNERS, AND HOSPITALS, IN PARTICULAR GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, AND USE OUR ASSETS TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the Foundation remains in an exceptionally strong financial position, with free reserves of £17.7m and total net assets of £904.5m as of 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the endowment value decreased by £21.5m to £833.8m following a distribution of £53.8m to support charitable expenditure, while total staff costs increased to £15.6m. The Foundation maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Property rents (80% of income)
“Property - rents 18,476”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: maintaining the value of the expendable endowment in line with inflation over the long term (held: £17.7m)
“The Foundation aims to release 4% of the value of the expendable endowment on a smoothed basis annually to the unrestricted fund for charitable and other expenditure, whilst maintaining the value of the expendable endowment in line with inflation over the long term.” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah, a Trustee, is the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation. During the year, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation made a charitable contract totalling £71,403 to that organisation.
“Dr. Danny Sriskandarajah, a Trustee, is the Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation. During the year, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation made a charitable contract totalling £71,403 to that organisation.” — page 64
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: GSTC Property Investments Ltd, GSTC Health Innovations Ltd, GSTC Property Developments Ltd
“The Foundation owns 100% of the share capital of three trading subsidiary companies: GSTC Property Investments Ltd, GSTC Health Innovations Ltd and GSTC Property Developments Ltd”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
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Corporate structure
GSTC HEALTH INNOVATIONS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £3k
- Profit before tax: £-758k
- Related party transactions with parent charity exempted from disclosure
GSTC PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Turnover: £215k
- Profit before tax: £27.0m
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £15.2m
- Amounts due from parent undertaking: £238,655
“Gift Aid distributed to parent charity : : (15,185,056) (15,185,056)”
GSTC PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Profit before tax: £-58k
- Administrative expenses (auditor's remuneration) of £3,700 were borne by the parent undertaking.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Guy's & St. Thomas' Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Susanne Given — Chair (source)
- Peter Babudu — Executive Director of Impact on Urban Health (source)
- David Bennett — Chair of the Investment Committee (source)
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.
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.
- MCHUGH, Kirsty Ellen — director, appointed 09/03/2026on trustee list
- SITU, Johnson — director, appointed 09/03/2026on trustee list
- PALCA, Julia Charlotte — director, appointed 20/01/2025on trustee list
- THOMAS, Pamela Patricia — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
- LEE, Andrew Philip, Mr. — director, appointed 12/10/2023on trustee list
- BENNETT, David James — director, appointed 12/10/2023on trustee list
- GIVEN, Susanne Johanne — director, appointed 21/10/2021on trustee list
- SRISKANDARAJAH, Dhananjayan Sivaguru — director, appointed 08/04/2020on trustee list
- WARD, Katherine Natasha — director, appointed 17/10/2019on trustee list
- LAMY, Yasemin Saltuk — director, appointed 01/12/2018on trustee list
- KERR, Ronald James, Sir — director, appointed 07/12/2016on trustee list
- PECK, Hazel Ann — secretary, appointed 13/12/2018
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
76 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (52 freehold); recorded price paid £107.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Advertised salaries (public job ads)
Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£26.2m
Reserves (reported)
£17.7m
Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 76.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (21/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/10/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (30/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (29/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Susanne Johanne Givenchair
- Andrew Lee
- David Bennett
- Dr Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah · trustee of 1 other charity
- Johnson Situ
- Julia Charlotte Palca
- Katherine Natasha Ward
- Kirsty McHugh
- Pamela Patricia Thomas
- SIR RONALD JAMES KERR · trustee of 1 other charity
- Yasemin Saltuk Lamy
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark
Income and spending
Common questions
Is GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation remains in an exceptionally strong financial position, with free reserves of £17.7m and total net assets of £904.5m as of 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the endowment value decreased by £21.5m to £833.8m following a distribution of £53.8m to support charitable expenditure, while total staff costs increased to £15.6m. The Foundation maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION, CLEAN AIR FUND, ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, THE ROAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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