EASTBRIDGE HOSPITAL (OR ST THOMAS)

Registered charity 213319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Almshouse foundation with premises open to the public and having also an educational mandate. Includes Franciscan gardens (greyfriars), the site of the first Franciscan Monastery in England. Eastbridge Hospital is an Anglican foundation with chapels in regular use.

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£245k

Latest spending

£902k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £267,558 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by significant charitable expenditure and a lack of impairment charges compared to the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity is no longer considered a going concern as its assets and liabilities are scheduled to transfer to a new CIO entity on 31 December 2025, after which the current legal entity will likely cease to exist.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £69,999 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes, amounted to over £60,000 in the year were as follows: No. 1 £60,000 to £69,999” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose emoluments as defined for taxation purposes, amounted to over £60,000 in the year were as follows: No. 1” — page 24

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“After that day and before October 2026 it is likely that the legal entity known as Eastbridge Hospital (Charity number 213319 will cease to exist and for this reason the Trustees consider the charity is no longer a going concern.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2023) → 1 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£342k

Total spending

£5.2m

Cost of raising funds

£96k

Reserves (reported)

£250k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (55% 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: 28.1% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nigel Aman Fletcher-Joneschair · trustee of 2 other charities
Adesola Osinaike · trustee of 1 other charity
CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Sheila Mary Sweetinburgh · trustee of 1 other charity
Stephen Athanasiou · trustee of 1 other charity
THE VENERABLE WILLIAM JONATHAN ADAM · trustee of 9 other charities
The Rev'd Dr Perry Butler · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£245k	£902k
31/12/2023	£786k	£5.2m
31/12/2022	£337k	£786k
31/12/2021	£426k	£480k
31/12/2020	£388k	£442k

Common questions

Is EASTBRIDGE HOSPITAL (OR ST THOMAS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £267,558 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by significant charitable expenditure and a lack of impairment charges compared to the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity is no longer considered a going concern as its assets and liabilities are scheduled to transfer to a new CIO entity on 31 December 2025, after which the current legal entity will likely cease to exist. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

What does the highest-paid employee of EASTBRIDGE HOSPITAL (OR ST THOMAS) earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £69,999 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

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
THE LAWTON TRUST LIMITED	1	£120k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£56k
THE INLIGHT TRUST	1	£12k
THE SHERLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
WILFRID AND CONSTANCE CAVE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE PATRICK & HELENA FROST FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	1	£7k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIARS, AYLESFORD.

THE FRIARS, AYLESFORD income £1.7m
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST income £136k
HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS (BERKHAMSTED) LTD income £8.7m
THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS GORTON TRUST LTD income £1.5m
HUGH SEXEY'S HOSPITAL income £704k
HOSPITAL OF ST CROSS AND ALMSHOUSE OF NOBLE POVERTY income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EASTBRIDGE HOSPITAL (OR ST THOMAS)	£245k	£60,000 - £69,999	1	unclear	—	not going concern
THE FRIARS, AYLESFORD FY2024	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ALMSHOUSE OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST FY2024	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOSPICE OF ST FRANCIS (BERKHAMSTED) LTD FY2025	£8.7m	£120,001 - £130,000	—	below	—	no doubt
THE MONASTERY OF ST FRANCIS GORTON TRUST LTD FY2024	£1.5m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HUGH SEXEY'S HOSPITAL FY2024	£704k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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