UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY

Registered charity 1170973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABOVE & BEYOND, Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity

The charity raises funds for Bristol city centre & Weston-super-Mare hospitals. It is the official charity partner for: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol Haematology & Oncology Centre, Bristol Dental Hospital, St. Michael's Hospital, Weston General Hospital, South Bristol Community Hospital & Central Health Clinic.

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

Latest income

£3.7m

Latest spending

£4.4m

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £18.4m, with free reserves of £1.4m, which is £60k below the trustees' stated policy target of six months' core operating costs. The charity raised £2.4m in fundraising income and incurred £1.6m in fundraising costs, resulting in a fundraising cost ratio of approximately 21.3%. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.4m)

“As of 31st March 2025, the charity held free reserves of £1.4m, £60k below the target level.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity leases other properties and land to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust. During the year, the Charity issued rental invoices to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust totalling £297,011

“The Charity leases other properties and land to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust. During the year, the Charity issued rental invoices to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust totalling £297,011 (2024: £285,250). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £nil (2024: £nil). In addition, at 31 March 2025 the Charity has recognised an accrual totalling £184,520 in relation to back rent due from the Trust, which was not invoiced as the rent review took place after the year-end.” — page 49

“The Charity charges its subsidiary, Education Centre Management Limited management and service charges. During the year, the Charity charged Education Management Limited £34,984 (2024: £32,283). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £12,000 (2024: £12,000).” — page 49

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Charity charges its subsidiary, Education Centre Management Limited management and service charges. During the year, the Charity charged Education Management Limited £34,984

“The Charity leases other properties and land to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust. During the year, the Charity issued rental invoices to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust totalling £297,011 (2024: £285,250). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £nil (2024: £nil). In addition, at 31 March 2025 the Charity has recognised an accrual totalling £184,520 in relation to back rent due from the Trust, which was not invoiced as the rent review took place after the year-end.” — page 49

“The Charity charges its subsidiary, Education Centre Management Limited management and service charges. During the year, the Charity charged Education Management Limited £34,984 (2024: £32,283). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £12,000 (2024: £12,000).” — page 49

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust incur the costs of equipment, salaries and other grant related expenditure on behalf of the Charity for which they are fully reimbursed.

“The Charity leases other properties and land to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust. During the year, the Charity issued rental invoices to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust totalling £297,011 (2024: £285,250). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £nil (2024: £nil). In addition, at 31 March 2025 the Charity has recognised an accrual totalling £184,520 in relation to back rent due from the Trust, which was not invoiced as the rent review took place after the year-end.” — page 49

“The Charity charges its subsidiary, Education Centre Management Limited management and service charges. During the year, the Charity charged Education Management Limited £34,984 (2024: £32,283). The amount owed to the Charity in respect of these invoices at 31 March 2025 was £12,000 (2024: £12,000).” — page 49

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bristol & Weston Hospitals Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Katie Walker — Chief Executive Officer (source)
Jen Davies — Director of Finance & Operations (source)
Sarah Pryer — Director of Fundraising & Marketing (source)
Professor David Wynick — Chair of Trustees (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.

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

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

Total income

£3.7m

Total spending

£4.4m

Cost of raising funds

£1.6m

Reserves (reported)

£1.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 44.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (10/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/08/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

David Wynickchair
Benjamin George Breeze
Bishrut Mukherjee
Carlos Leira
Clare Elizabeth Titley
Glyn Howells
JAMES ROBERT FOX MA HONS
Jane Caroline Oakland · trustee of 1 other charity
Jane Elizabeth Palmer · trustee of 1 other charity
Lee Aston
Rajnish Razdan
Sarah Dodds
Stephen Campling
Terence Owen Anthony Rice
Victoria Fitzgerald

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.7m	£4.4m
31/03/2024	£3.3m	£3.7m
31/03/2023	£2.5m	£3.9m
31/03/2022	£2.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£2.8m	£3.6m

Common questions

Is UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £18.4m, with free reserves of £1.4m, which is £60k below the trustees' stated policy target of six months' core operating costs. The charity raised £2.4m in fundraising income and incurred £1.6m in fundraising costs, resulting in a fundraising cost ratio of approximately 21.3%. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY as a grant recipient include ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES, JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION, THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, CLARK FOUNDATION, THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2022	£246k	Grant
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£105k	Health
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£53k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	FY2023	£30k	Grants awarded 2023
CLARK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	FY2022	£2k
CLARK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k	Elderly
THE PORTISHEAD NAUTICAL TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE ARDWICK TRUST	FY2024	£200

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE NISBET TRUST	2	£59k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£31k
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£6k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£477k
THE JULIA RAUSING TRUST	1	£250k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£181k
COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST	1	£166k
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£43k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL.

FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL income £215k
GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY income £6.7m
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity income £967k
WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD income £4.0m
ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND income £3.2m
THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY income £280k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY	£3.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL FY2024	£215k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GREAT WESTERN AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY FY2024	£6.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Charity FY2025	£967k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTON PARK HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND LTD FY2025	£4.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£3.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	1	unclear	27.2%	no doubt

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