THE HOSPITAL OF THE BLESSED MARY, COMMONLY CALLED ST MARY'S, HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER

Registered charity 202631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST MARY'S HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER

Provision of almshouse accommodation for persons of limited financial means

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.8m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £774,529 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by increased property project expenditures. However, unrestricted funds increased to £26,989,213 due to significant unrealised gains on property revaluations and investment performance, indicating strong overall financial reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment income (69% of income)

“Rents received 735,120” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Expenditure to M.J Howard MDC Limited, a company whose director and shareholder is a trustee.

“During the year ended 31 December 2025 the Charity incurred expenditure of £16,560 to M.J Howard MDC Limited, a company whose director and shareholder is a trustee of the charity. All transactions were conducted on an arms length basis.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.8m

Reserves (reported)

£835k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (76% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/09/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Very Reverend Robert Edward Dowlerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David John Parfitt
Howard Graham Castle-Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Karl William Roberts
Matthew Howard
Rev Paul Doick · trustee of 1 other charity
Ruth Margaret Taunt
Simon Mark Dyson RIBA
Sophie Hull

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.1m	£1.8m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£873k	£916k
31/12/2021	£906k	£786k

Common questions

Is THE HOSPITAL OF THE BLESSED MARY, COMMONLY CALLED ST MARY'S, HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £774,529 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by increased property project expenditures. However, unrestricted funds increased to £26,989,213 due to significant unrealised gains on property revaluations and investment performance, indicating strong overall financial reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ST MARY MAGDALEN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HOSPITALS CHARITY.

ST MARY MAGDALEN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HOSPITALS CHARITY income £109k
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL income £313k
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM income £1.2m
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £160k
DOWNHURST RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED income £1.3m
THOMAS PHILIPOT'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £379k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOSPITAL OF THE BLESSED MARY, COMMONLY CALLED ST MARY'S, HOSPITAL, CHICHESTER	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARY MAGDALEN AND ST JOHN THE BAPTIST HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£109k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FY2024	£313k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HOSPITAL OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST AND OF ST ANNE IN OKEHAM FY2026	£1.2m	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST FY2024	£160k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DOWNHURST RESIDENTIAL HOME LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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