UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS CHARITY
Registered charity 1165398 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Although our remit is NHS-wide, we primarily provide grants to UCL Hospitals. We aim to ensure that our grant-making activities promote innovation within the Hospitals and help them to operate more effectively. Our areas of support include equipment and infrastructure; staff and patient welfare and amenities and medical research.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £24.7m, while total expenditure rose significantly to £71.5m, largely due to a £32.2m impairment provision on the Bedford Passage Development and major grants awarded. The group holds £26.3m in free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet current and anticipated future needs, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £5 million to £10 million (held: £26.3m)
“For this policy, trustees have set a target range of £5 million to £10 million.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — University College London Hospitals Charity UK (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- UCLH Charity — “A series of animated videos funded by UCLH Charity is helping children and their families feel less anxious about dental treatment at UCLH.” (source page)
- Hasbro — “Hasbro continue to generously support us each Christmas with a fantastic delivery of Christmas toys and care packs, all wrapped and delivere…” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
9 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £11.9m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£41.8m
Reserves (reported)
£26.3m
Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 40.9% 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 (20/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (16/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (18/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- NIGEL KEENchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- ADRIAN PARKHOUSE
- Dr Frances Gardiner
- Dr Junaid Bajwa
- Dr Navdeep Kumar
- James William Petit
- Professor Suneetha Ramani Moonesinghe
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £24.7m, while total expenditure rose significantly to £71.5m, largely due to a £32.2m impairment provision on the Bedford Passage Development and major grants awarded. The group holds £26.3m in free reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet current and anticipated future needs, and the auditor confirmed no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, KUSUMA TRUST UK, BUKHMAN FOUNDATION, THE RAYNE FOUNDATION, Q CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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