NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY

Registered charity 1165397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY (1165397), REGISTERED 01 APRIL 2016, IS CONTINUING THE WORK PREVIOUSLY CARRIED OUT BY THE FORMERLY REGISTERED CHARITY 1059049 (2006/07 TO 31 MARCH 2016). PLEASE REFER TO THE NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY WEBSITE: www.nottinghamhospitalscharity.org.uk FOR PAST ANNUAL REPORTS.

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

Latest income
£4.2m
Latest spending
£4.3m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets increased slightly to £16.918 million, with unrestricted reserves rising to £1.743 million. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, largely driven by a significant legacy-funded grant for a surgical robot, but maintains sufficient cash and reserves to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: greater than £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Two employees received total remuneration greater than £60,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 2
“Two employees received total remuneration greater than £60,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Legacies (56% of income)
“Legacy income was higher in 2024/25 at £2.359 million” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 17.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Our fundraising costs as a percentage of the income generated were 17% in 2024/25”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £1.0 million (held: £1.7m)
“The minimum reserves level is set at £1.0 million and is sufficient to fund one year’s Charity operating costs.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to NUH Trust
“The Charity has made grants to NUH Trust and these are detailed in note 9. None of the trustees or parties related to them have received remuneration or received any other benefits from employment with the Charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nottingham University Hospitals Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£4.2m
Total spending
£4.3m
Cost of raising funds
£748k
Reserves (reported)
£1.7m
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.2m£4.3m
31/03/2024£3.5m£3.2m
31/03/2023£2.4m£4.0m
31/03/2022£4.4m£4.2m
31/03/2021£4.4m£3.2m

Common questions

Is NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets increased slightly to £16.918 million, with unrestricted reserves rising to £1.743 million. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, largely driven by a significant legacy-funded grant for a surgical robot, but maintains sufficient cash and reserves to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the greater than £60,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY as a grant recipient include Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2025£700Employee charitable collections
Evelyn Partners Charitable TrustFY2024£0Employee grant support programme

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/06/2026£27k"The Stories We Weave"
UK government25/11/2021£94kPatient-centred smartphone AI for protecting vision in macular disease
The National Lottery Heritage Fund09/05/2005£1k"A Project To Commemorate The 60th Anniversary Of The End Of Ww2 With The Provision Of Exhibtions And Research Into The Differences In Diet T"

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 MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CHARITY£4.2mgreater than £60,0002unclear17.0%no doubt
MILTON KEYNES HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£369k—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE NOTTINGHAM CIO FY2025£715k—0unclear—no doubt
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF NOTTINGHAM FY2025£217k—0below—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION FY2024£125k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITY FY2025£557k—0unclear—no doubt

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