GREAT HOSPITAL

Registered charity 211953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5599334 · Wikipedia

1. To preserve the fabric of our heritage building stock2. To provide a home for life for our elderly and frail residents.3. To provide support and care principally on a domicillary basis.

Objects

THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF NORWICH OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST HELEN AND OF THE ALMHOUSES KNOWN AS THE GREAT HOSPITAL FOUNDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BENEVOLENT DESIGNS OF KING EDWARD THE SIXTH.

Area of benefit: CITY OF NORWICH.

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased by 7.4% to £39,581,216, with unrestricted reserves standing at £8,866,480. The charity reported a net income before gains and losses of £1,100,975, supported by a grant of £1,316,250 and investment returns. The Trustees consider there to be no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Larking Gowen LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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.

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

CQC provider record: Great Hospital — Deregistered, 2 registered locations, last inspected 15/05/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~44.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (41% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Arthur Banhamchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew James Yuill · trustee of 3 other charities
• Catherine Jeffries · trustee of 3 other charities
• Dr Clare Singh · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Katharine Elspeth Toms · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Timothy John Pestell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Francis Norman Davey · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gill Audrey Westwood · trustee of 2 other charities
• Graham William Cresswell Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
• Kevin John Revell · trustee of 3 other charities
• Niul Dillon Hatcher · trustee of 3 other charities
• Timothy John Statham · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREATGREEN LIMITED.

• GREATGREEN LIMITED income £657k
• THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
• THE HOSPITAL income £47k
• MW (HO) FOUNDATION income £131k
• DORSET HEALTHCARE CHARITABLE FUND income £220k
• ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

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