Common questions about University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity a good charity? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity scores 83 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 64% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity as a registered charity (charity number 1170973). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1170973&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's charity number? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's charity number is 1170973. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's charity rating? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity scores 83 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: high fundraising costs). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 64% of University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 36% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 37% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity. University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity receive? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity reported £3.7m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-12-09). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity based? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's registered contact address is in Bristol (BS1 2NT). It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on health.
How much is University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 3 employees paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £80,001–£90,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's money come from? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity reported £3.7m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.4m (39%), investments £1.1m (29%), trading and fundraising events £930k (25%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £894k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity? +
The register records University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's trustees paid? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity: Above & Beyond.
When was University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity registered as a charity? +
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity was entered on the register on 4 January 2017. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 10394287).
How does CharityCompare score University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and University Hospitals Bristol & Weston Charity's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.