HOSPITAL ROOMS
Registered charity 1168101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Hospital Rooms is an arts and mental health charity that believes in the enduring power of art to instil value, dignity and wellbeing in people. We commission museum quality artists to create thoughtful, therapeutic and creative environments in mental health units and run arts workshops for service users. We focus on co-production and work in genuine partnership with each unit's community.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £344,364 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 32% to £1,850,493. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £552,831, which is above the stated policy target of three months of total expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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
Largest income source: Charitable activities (72% of income)
“Total incoming resources 1,850,493” — page 54
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of total expenditure (held: £553k)
“Trustees have agreed that free reserves should be sufficient to cover at least three months of total expenditure.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Key Management Personnel (Interim CEO)
“£41,625 (2024: £14,400) was paid to one member of Key management for the service they provided as interim CEO.” — page 53
“A sister of a Trustee was paid a salary of £4,468 (2024: Nil) during the year for services provided as an employee.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Salary paid to Trustee's sister
“£41,625 (2024: £14,400) was paid to one member of Key management for the service they provided as interim CEO.” — page 53
“A sister of a Trustee was paid a salary of £4,468 (2024: Nil) during the year for services provided as an employee.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees purchased artwork at auction
“£41,625 (2024: £14,400) was paid to one member of Key management for the service they provided as interim CEO.” — page 53
“A sister of a Trustee was paid a salary of £4,468 (2024: Nil) during the year for services provided as an employee.” — page 53
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Bennewith 2018 Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
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Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Alison Acampora — Managing Director (source)
- Tim Shaw — Co-Founder (source)
- Niamh White — Co-Founder (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.
Funders the charity credits
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£165k
Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 8.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Amie Corrychair
- Adeola Gay
- Anton Hinel
- Emma Wadey
- James Willington
- Katharine Lazenby · trustee of 1 other charity
- Lakshnie Hettihewa
- Neil Wenman
- Pravin Fernando
- Rosanna Cundall
- Sikelela Owen
- Tom Ewing
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HOSPITAL ROOMS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £344,364 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 32% to £1,850,493. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £552,831, which is above the stated policy target of three months of total expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bennewith 2018 Limited.
Who funds HOSPITAL ROOMS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HOSPITAL ROOMS as a grant recipient include THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE HISCOX FOUNDATION, THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST, OLD POSSUM'S PRACTICAL TRUST, Royal Warrant Holders' Charity.
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