FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS

Registered charity 225858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Friends provide funds to supplement or enhance the resources of both hospitals for the benefit of patients and staff. This is achieved by operating a profitable, efficient Hospital Shop and Ward Trolley Service Additional funds are raised from legacies, by fund raisung activities and by a group of members who pay for life membership of ?50 or an Annual Subscription of ?10.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN THE PATIENTS AND STAFF, AND TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE CHICHESTER HOSPITALS BY MEANS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

Area of benefit: CHICHESTER AND DISTRICT

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£351k

Latest spending

£290k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,042 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £350,988. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing no major risks due to the absence of employees or significant ongoing commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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 30/09/2025

Volunteers: 64
Government income: £50 — grants £50 (1); under 1% of the £350,988 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Volunteers: 60
Government income: £50 — grants £50 (1); under 1% of the £558,702 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Volunteers: 54
Government income: £50 — grants £50 (1); under 1% of the £264,226 total gross income on the same return
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Friends of Chichester Hospitals (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income

£559k

Total spending

£337k

Cost of raising funds

£149k

Reserves (reported)

£1.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~53.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 26.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Stephenschair
ANGIE HOBSON
Guy Jonathan Charles Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
JACQUELINE HEPWORTH
JANE RAMAGE
JONATHAN ROWDEN
James Christopher Turner
James Edward Meade Brotherton
Linda Squires
MRS TRICIA ROBERTSON
Margaret Gormley
Maria Rees
Matthew Barge
Maxine Paula Reed
Mrs Kate Smee
Nicola Chapple

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£351k	£290k
30/09/2024	£559k	£337k
30/09/2023	£264k	£367k
30/09/2022	£474k	£236k
30/09/2021	£192k	£167k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,042 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total incoming resources of £350,988. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing no major risks due to the absence of employees or significant ongoing commitments. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS as a grant recipient include The Patricia Routledge Foundation.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2022	£3k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation	FY2021	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2013	£8k	Computers for Administration and Promotion for Friends of Chichester Hospit

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
ROCKCLIFFE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£250

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL.

THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL income £116k
FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL MARSDEN, CHELSEA income £651k
THE FRIENDS OF THE WISBECH HOSPITALS income £432
FRIENDS OF EAST SURREY HOSPITAL income £327k
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare income £128k
SHEPPEY HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF FRIENDS TRUST income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF CHICHESTER HOSPITALS	£351k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL FY2025	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL MARSDEN, CHELSEA FY2025	£651k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE WISBECH HOSPITALS FY2025	£432	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF EAST SURREY HOSPITAL FY2025	£327k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Friends of Whitstable Healthcare FY2025	£128k	—	above	—	no doubt

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