FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL

Registered charity 274349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL, THE FRIENDS OF THE BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL

Making grants to pay for medical equipment, patient comforts and staff resources, or the provision of other assistance, to improve the care and treatment of patients of the Bristol Eye Hospital.

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

Latest income

£215k

Latest spending

£112k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £34,575 from £47,085 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure on grants rose significantly to £200,949. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell from £357,049 to £186,074, a level the trustees consider appropriate to cover one year's expected operating costs and grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s expected future operating costs, one year’s regular grants and any designated funds (held: £186k)

“the trustees consider it appropriate to hold free reserves to cover the sum of one year’s expected future operating costs, one year’s regular grants and any designated funds.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Rotary Club of Wrington Vale — “Friends of Bristol Eye Hospital gratefully acknowledge a new donation from the Rotary Club of Wrington Vale . They have given to the Friends…” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

Kay McCluskeychair
Carole Marion Brooke
Claire Ellis
Gail Elizabeth Margery Glew
Jennifer Ward
Joanna Keaney
Kevin Fasham Abbey
Richard Adams

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

Operates in: Bristol City · North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
28/02/2025	£215k	£112k
29/02/2024	£35k	£206k
28/02/2023	£45k	£34k
28/02/2022	£320k	£51k
28/02/2021	£27k	£75k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £34,575 from £47,085 in the prior year, while charitable expenditure on grants rose significantly to £200,949. Consequently, unrestricted reserves fell from £357,049 to £186,074, a level the trustees consider appropriate to cover one year's expected operating costs and grants. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL as a grant recipient include THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Health and Welfare

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	2	£512k
KUSUMA TRUST UK	1	£2.6m
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION	1	£500k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£360k
THE DRUE HEINZ CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£188k
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£130k
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION	1	£105k
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL.

THE FRIENDS OF MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL income £1.0m
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY income £3.7m
THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION income £511k
T F C FROST CHARITABLE TRUST income £118k
THE FRIENDS OF BARNET HOSPITAL income £999k
MOORFIELDS EYE CHARITY income £22.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL	£215k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL FY2025	£1.0m	more than £60,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL & WESTON CHARITY FY2025	£3.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FY2024	£511k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
T F C FROST CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF BARNET HOSPITAL FY2024	£999k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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