OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY

Registered charity 1175809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting and enhancing the work of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts capacity to deliver an outstanding service in compassionate excellence to its patients and staff through funding above the level that NHS funding alone allows.Charity succeeds the previous charity 1057295. Refer to http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/charity/news/annual-reports.aspx for annual reports prior to 2018.

Objects

2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:(A) TO FURTHER ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES RELATING TO THE GENERAL OR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES OF THE FOUNDATION TRUST OR THE PURPOSES OF THE HEALTH SERVICE;(B) TO PROMOTE, PROTECT, PRESERVE AND ADVANCE ALL OR ANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC; AND/OR(C) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN MEDICINE INCLUDING BY ENGAGING IN AND SUPPORTING MEDICAL RESEARCH (AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Oxford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£6.5m
Latest spending
£5.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided text is an excerpt from the notes to the financial statements detailing restricted funds for the Oxford Hospitals Charity for the year ending 2025-03-31. It lists various specific funds for purposes such as renal units, cancer research, and pandemic support, but does not contain summary financial data regarding overall reserves, income, or expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£90,001–£100,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£90,001–£100,000: 2)
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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

Total income
£6.5m
Total spending
£5.6m
Cost of raising funds
£625k
Reserves (reported)
£4.7m
Employees
27

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.5m£5.6m
31/03/2024£6.5m£5.3m
31/03/2023£8.6m£6.4m
31/03/2022£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2021£5.1m£4.5m

Common questions

Is OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The provided text is an excerpt from the notes to the financial statements detailing restricted funds for the Oxford Hospitals Charity for the year ending 2025-03-31. It lists various specific funds for purposes such as renal units, cancer research, and pandemic support, but does not contain summary financial data regarding overall reserves, income, or expenditure.

Who funds OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY as a grant recipient include COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST, THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION, MABEL COOPER CHARITY, ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST, ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUSTFY2025£1.0mGrants for Helipad construction
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2021£262k
MABEL COOPER CHARITYFY2025£122kHealth and wellbeing
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50k
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2021£50kGrants to members
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£42kHospital school programme
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2023£30kGrants awarded 2023
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATIONFY2022£30k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE SCS TRUSTFY2025£24k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£24k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£10kMedical
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2024£9kGrants made to organisations
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£6k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kCompassionate Support
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k10% of the running costs for outdoor education programmes for children and young people in Nottinghamshire.
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kSingle payment
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIESFY2022£5kGrant
THE TRUEMARK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kCompassionate Support
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kCharitable purposes in and around the City of Oxford
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£4k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kCompassionate Support
MR AND MRS J A PYE'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£3k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3kSingle payment
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
The William Brake FoundationFY2022£1k
BELVEDERE TRUSTFY2024£1k
CBRE UK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
BELVEDERE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTONFY2022£500Local charitable aid
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST NICHOLAS, MARSTONFY2023£250Local
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£85
THE JONATHAN TOWLER FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not stated
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025amount not statedGrant funding of activities

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 OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY£6.5m——unclear—no doubt
OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY FY2025£236k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORD TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
OXFORD HUB FY2025£452k—0above—no doubt
OXLEAS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£216k—0unclear—no doubt
NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt

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