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FRIENDS OF PICU

Registered charity 1183373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOPICU

TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS OF THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES (NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY).

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£283k
Latest spending
£182k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £912,024, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £25,000 (four months of running costs). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £100,685, driven by increased income from donations and investment, while total expenditure remained below incoming resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months running costs (held: £912k)
“The Trustees have assessed that general reserves should be at least four months running costs, which at 31st March 2025 amounted to circa £25,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of PICU (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon · Dorset · Guernsey · Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Jersey · Northamptonshire · Oxfordshire · Somerset · Surrey · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£283k£182k
31/03/2024£257k£285k
31/03/2023£228k£154k
31/03/2022£266k£161k
31/03/2021£179k£221k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF PICU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £912,024, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £25,000 (four months of running costs). The charity reported a net movement in funds of £100,685, driven by increased income from donations and investment, while total expenditure remained below incoming resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF PICU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF PICU as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
The Patricia Routledge Foundation1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF PICU£283k—0unclear—no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025£335k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE RIPLEY HOSPITAL FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
Paediatric Critical Care Society FY2025£212k—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS FY2025£351k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE FY2025£308k—0unclear—no doubt

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