The League of Friends of Berkshire Hospitals

Registered charity 1206839 · since 2024friendsofberkshirehospitals.co.uk·Berkshire·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£5,990
Annual giving, year to 30 April 2025
From filed accounts
£5,990
Typical grant (median)
1 published grants

Key takeaways

  • The League suits projects that improve equipment, facilities or the experience of patients, visitors and staff at the Royal Berkshire and Wokingham hospitals, and its grant record shows hospital equipment funded through an NHS foundation trust.
  • Its annual report shows total giving of £5,990, so a modest request is more realistic than a large one, though no grant range is published.
  • Do not apply for work outside Berkshire and its surrounding areas, for facilities at hospitals not run by the Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust, or for betterment of services the Trust and its integrated care partners normally provide.
  • No application process is published, so get in touch through the contact shown on its website before writing a full proposal, and ask about timing, as the annual report gives no deadlines.

Overview

The League of Friends of Berkshire Hospitals is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1206839).

The League of Friends of Berkshire Hospitals is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales that raises money from the local community for projects, services, equipment and facilities at the Royal Berkshire and Wokingham hospitals. It exists for the public benefit, the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health and wellbeing in Berkshire and its surrounding areas. It runs retail outlets within the Royal Berkshire Hospital and throughout West Berkshire, and it organises events and online fundraising. Its foundation was suggested by the Royal Berkshire Hospital Management Committee.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The League raises money from the local community to support projects, services, equipment and facilities at the Royal Berkshire and Wokingham hospitals. It focuses on improving the experience of people receiving treatment, visitors, medical staff and others who work at the hospitals, and on making things easier for patients. Its objects describe support for better facilities and services not normally provided by the NHS trust and its integrated care partners. Its grant record shows organisational funding for hospital equipment, with the recipient being an NHS foundation trust. The work therefore centres on hospital improvements that benefit patients and other hospital users.

Themes

  • Hospital equipment and facilities

Geographic Focus

Berkshire.

What they don't fund

  • The foundation does not fund betterment of facilities and services normally provided by the Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust and its Integrated Care System (ICS) partners
  • The foundation does not fund activity outside Berkshire and its surrounding areas
  • The foundation does not fund facilities and services at hospitals not operated by the Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

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Grants

1 published grants analysed · median £5,990

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust · Ultrasound probe
    £5,990year to 30 April 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

1 year of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 30 April 2025£416,811£341,848£5,990Accounts for year to 30 April 2025
  • Grants paid, all years: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

  • Annual report (year to 30 April 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 24 October 2026.

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