LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL

Registered charity 1184967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALEXANDRA LEAGUE OF FRIENDS, LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPTIAL

To relieve and support patients and former patients of the hospital and the wards and departments at the hospital in carrying out their work.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PATIENTS AND FORMER PATIENTS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL AND TO SUPPORT ITS WARDS AND DEPARTMENTS TO DO THE SAME

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

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

Registered contact address: Redditch, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£237k

Latest spending

£190k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £273,706, an increase from the previous year's £223,595. The accounts state that cash reserves are held to cover day-to-day running costs and future expenditure, though no specific policy target is defined. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Cash reserves are held to cover day-to-day running costs, amounts outstanding for specific departments and other future expenditure for the objects of the Charity. (reserves figure: £274k)

“Reserves policy Cash reserves are held to cover day-to-day running costs, amounts outstanding for specific departments and other future expenditure for the objects of the Charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 38
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Volunteers: 32
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 29
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (27/05/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ANTHONY JOHN COX
BRIAN GEORGE HILSON
NIGEL RICHARD SPENCER · trustee of 1 other charity
RICHARD WATSON
ROBERT HENRY CHRISTOPHER BEARD
ROSEMARY CHRISTINE DIXON
SUSAN WILSON
YVONNE LEE

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£237k	£190k
31/10/2024	£199k	£231k
31/10/2023	£135k	£104k
31/10/2022	£54k	£49k
31/10/2021	£33k	£69k

Common questions

Is LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £273,706, an increase from the previous year's £223,595. The accounts state that cash reserves are held to cover day-to-day running costs and future expenditure, though no specific policy target is defined. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the financial statements accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH.

LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH income £75k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL income £2.0m
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE LLANDOVERY HOSPITAL income £44k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE LOUGHBOROUGH HOSPITAL income £3k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALDEBURGH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL income £81k
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF AXMINSTER HOSPITAL income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL COSHAM, PORTSMOUTH FY2025	£75k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF TEDDINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FY2025	£2.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE LLANDOVERY HOSPITAL FY2025	£44k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE LOUGHBOROUGH HOSPITAL FY2025	£3k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ALDEBURGH AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FY2025	£81k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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