Common questions about Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund a good charity? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund scores 70 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 6% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund as a registered charity (charity number 1050469). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1050469&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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's charity number? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's charity number is 1050469. 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's charity rating? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund scores 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 red flags on this profile: insufficient trustee oversight; 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 6% of Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's total spending went to charitable activities. 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 94% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 94% of expenditure (2025); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund receive? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund reported £540k total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-30). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund based? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's registered contact address is in Chester (CH63 4JY). It tells the regulator it operates in Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Cheshire East, with a focus on health.
Where does Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's money come from? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund reported £540 total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £292 (54%), charitable activities £182 (34%), investments £66 (12%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £1.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund? +
The register records Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund 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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's trustees paid? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund: Acorn Fundraising Office; Jellybean Kids' Appeal.
When was Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund registered as a charity? +
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund was entered on the register on 8 November 1995.
How does CharityCompare score Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund'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 Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund'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.