NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND

Registered charity 212575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD AND DISTRICT HOSPITALS IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FUND, THE NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND

To allocate grants to raise the standard of service of local hospitals in order to assist the development of the Oxford University Medical School.

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

Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£365k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £35,889,219, an increase from the previous year, with unrestricted reserves (Post 1963 Accumulated Income Fund) standing at £8,832,398. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds for a minimum of one year’s charitable expenditure, a target which the current unrestricted reserves exceed. The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's charitable expenditure (held: £8.8m)

“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain sufficient reserves in the Charity's Post 1963 Accumulated Income Fund, to provide for a minimum of one year’s charitable expenditure, towards the Charity's object.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£365k

Cost of raising funds

£93k

Reserves (reported)

£5.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~177.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

PROFESSOR ANDREW JONATHAN CARRchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Alissa Walsh
JAMES RAMSDEN
John Ford
Professor Christopher William Pugh
SIR ANDREW WILLIAM DILNOT
Susan Jane Barratt · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.0m	£365k
31/12/2024	£1.9m	£420k
31/12/2023	£1.9m	£369k
31/12/2022	£2.2m	£378k
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£713k

Common questions

Is NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £35,889,219, an increase from the previous year, with unrestricted reserves (Post 1963 Accumulated Income Fund) standing at £8,832,398. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds for a minimum of one year’s charitable expenditure, a target which the current unrestricted reserves exceed. The charity reports a surplus for the year and confirms adequate resources to continue operations on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

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
ASSOCIATION OF NHS CHARITIES	3	£1.8m
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k
COUNTY AIR AMBULANCE TRUST	1	£1.0m
MABEL COOPER CHARITY	1	£122k
The Greaves & Withey Foundation	1	£100k
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£55k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION	1	£55k
JOHN LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£42k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY.

OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £6.5m
OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY income £236k
THE LADY NUFFIELD HOME income £1.8m
NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE TRUST income £151k
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND income £635k
BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NUFFIELD OXFORD HOSPITALS FUND	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY FY2025	£6.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY FY2025	£236k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LADY NUFFIELD HOME FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£151k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£635k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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