THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 292841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE NEW VICTORIA HOSPITAL, THE NEW VICTORIA MEDICAL FOUNDATION

The Charity exists to assist in the provision of medical care & equipment in its broadest sense, and to provide postgraduate training and education of medical, nursing and para medical staff. The Charity is based in Richmond but it's beneficiaries are countrywide.

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

Latest income
£53.1m
Latest spending
£45.5m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that following the disposal of its hospital subsidiary, the charity holds total funds of £9,884,000, with unrestricted reserves of £8,767,000. The trustees report a net surplus of £7.6 million for the period, supported by significant investment income and disposal proceeds, confirming adequate resources for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months’ operating costs being approximately £150,000 (held: £8.8m)
“It is considered that the level of reserves needs to be adequate to maintain core activities and this should not fall below 12 months’ operating costs being approximately £150,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Trading subsidiary THE NEW VICTORIA HOSPITAL LIMITED has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: active).
in-administration — 2010-04-12, 2011-01-28
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

THE NEW VICTORIA HOSPITAL LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The accounting reference period ending 31/03/2025 is extended so as at to end on 08/08/2025

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Victoria Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (363 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£53.1m
Total spending
£45.5m
Cost of raising funds
£115k
Reserves (reported)
£8.8m
Employees
273

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£53.1m£45.5m
31/03/2024£379k£365k
31/03/2023£29.3m£29.9m
31/03/2022£25.8m£25.3m
31/03/2021£25.3m£21.8m

Common questions

Is THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that following the disposal of its hospital subsidiary, the charity holds total funds of £9,884,000, with unrestricted reserves of £8,767,000. The trustees report a net surplus of £7.6 million for the period, supported by significant investment income and disposal proceeds, confirming adequate resources for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Menzies LLP.

Who funds THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATIONFY2025£4kDonations from corporations and trusts

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE VICTORIA FOUNDATION£53.1m——above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF VICTORIA HOSPITAL WIMBORNE FY2025£308k—0unclear—no doubt
QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL NHS TRUST CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£253k—0unclear—no doubt
SIDMOUTH VICTORIA HOSPITAL COMFORTS FUND FY2025£895k—0unclear—no doubt
VICTORIA CONVALESCENT TRUST FY2025£111k—0unclear—no doubt
VICTORIA COLLEGE LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——unclear—no doubt

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