OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL

Registered charity 527116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation and its endowments are administered to the benefit of the School of the Foundation, also known as Old Swinford Hospital, a Voluntary Aided boarding and day school.

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Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£780k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £5,130,043, with £3,381,657 freely available, which exceeds the Feoffees' stated policy target of at least £610,016. The charity reports strong liquidity and sufficient reserves to support its planned charitable activities, including bursary programs and school development projects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“The Steward’s emoluments fall into the bracket £90,000-£100,000 (2024: £80,000-£90,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The Steward’s emoluments fall into the bracket £90,000-£100,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 50% of one year's forecast expenditure (held: £3.4m)

“The Feoffees have determined that the appropriate level of free reserves should be at least equivalent to approximately 50% of one year’s forecast expenditure from income and any amounts forecast to be transferred from free reserves to designated funds in the following year.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Inspection and regulatory ratings

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Ofsted — Old Swinford Hospital: NULL (NULL) · Ofsted

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£780k

Cost of raising funds

£243k

Reserves (reported)

£3.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~52.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (90% 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: 14.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MALCOLM WILCOXchair
David James Taylor
Dr Robert Bruce Guthrie
Ian William King
John Mark Hornby
Jonathan Roger Edwards
PHILIP THOMAS FOLEY
RUPERT THOMAS FOLEY
Roger James Walker

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£780k
31/03/2024	£1.6m	£803k
31/03/2023	£1.4m	£811k
31/03/2022	£1.3m	£1.1m
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£735k

Common questions

Is OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £5,130,043, with £3,381,657 freely available, which exceeds the Feoffees' stated policy target of at least £610,016. The charity reports strong liquidity and sufficient reserves to support its planned charitable activities, including bursary programs and school development projects. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	01/04/2020	£24k	Devolved Formula Capital - Local Authority & Voluntary Aided Sector Recipients

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
IPSWICH SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£559k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£75k
THE APAX FOUNDATION	1	£45k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£39k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement	1	£4k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION income £20.0m
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £506k
ALDRIDGE COOPER AND JORDAN'S ENDOWED SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £176k
NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £395k
IPSWICH SCHOOL income £26.1m
SEVENOAKS SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
OLD SWINFORD HOSPITAL	£1.7m	£90,001 - £100,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£20.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£506k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALDRIDGE COOPER AND JORDAN'S ENDOWED SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£176k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTON OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL FOUNDATION FY2025	£395k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
IPSWICH SCHOOL FY2025	£26.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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