Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Name

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Legal name

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Website

https://gosh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Charity

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mental Health & Crisis Support Services (BPAGACAD), Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK)

Keywords

• Paediatric research funding
• Children's hospital charity
• Medical research grants
• Fundraising and donations
• Patient family support services

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Others, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: GOSH Charity raises funds through individual donations (one-off and regular), community fundraising, events, corporate partnerships, and appeals. Donations can be made via the website, telephone, direct mail, and in person.
2. Legacies and Wills: The charity encourages supporters to leave gifts in their wills, which represents a significant source of long-term charitable income.
3. Lottery and Raffles: GOSH Charity operates a lottery and prize draw programme where participants pay to enter for the chance to win prizes, with proceeds supporting the charity.
4. Peter Pan Licensing Royalties: Through JM Barrie's 1929 donation of Peter Pan rights to the hospital, all UK performances of Peter Pan generate royalties for GOSH Charity. This includes theatre productions, school performances, and pantomimes licensed through Concord Theatricals.
5. Clothing Collections Partnership: Partnership with Collection 4 Clothes generates approximately £60k per year through donated clothing collections, with guaranteed minimum annually.
6. Corporate Partnerships: Companies partner with GOSH Charity through charity of the year partnerships, sponsorship packages, employee fundraising, and cause-related marketing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH Charity) is an independent registered charity that raises funds to support Great Ormond Street Hospital. It funds groundbreaking paediatric research into rare and complex childhood diseases, provides cutting-edge medical equipment beyond NHS core budgets, finances child-centred hospital facilities and redevelopment, and delivers patient and family support services including accommodation, play therapy, chaplaincy, and music therapy.

Product overview

GOSH Charity operates as a charitable foundation supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital through multiple product lines: grant funding programmes for research (including cancer research, discovery research, and translational research), patient and family experience services, medical equipment funding, and fundraising products. The research portfolio includes six distinct funding schemes administered through rigorous peer review panels, a £15m cancer research strategy, and strategic partnerships like C-Further. The patient experience programme commits £40m over five years supporting accommodation, play specialists, chaplaincy, and therapeutic services. Fundraising products include lotteries, raffles, and the Peter Pan licensing programme. The charity also funds technology investments including Electronic Patient Record and Digital Research Environment systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GOSH Charity Lottery
• GOSH Charity Raffle and Prize Draw
• Peter Pan Licensing Programme Licensing programme that grants UK theatre rights for Peter Pan performances through Concord Theatricals. All UK performances generate royalties for GOSH Charity, based on J.M. Barrie's 1929 donation and the perpetual right granted under the UK Copyright Designs & Patents Act 1988.
• Corporate Partnerships Charity-of-the-year partnerships, sponsorship packages, employee fundraising programmes, and cause-related marketing opportunities offered to businesses for corporate social responsibility engagement.
• Monthly Giving (Build it. Beat it.) Regular monthly donation programme where supporters contribute on a recurring basis to fund the Children's Cancer Centre and the charity's broader work.
• Legacy Giving Programme Programme encouraging supporters to leave gifts in their wills to GOSH Charity, representing a significant source of long-term charitable income.
• Fundraising Events Organised fundraising events including balls, dinners, galas, community fundraising activities, sporting events, and mass participation runs that supporters can participate in to raise funds.

Quantifiable outcome

• Funding of at least £15m for cancer research 2024-2029
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• C-Further (International Paediatric Cancer Consortium)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2026C-Further is an international cross-industry consortium dedicated to creating new cancer treatments for children and young people. GOSH Charity is a core partner alongside LifeArc and Cancer Research Horizons. The consortium has unveiled its first two early-stage paediatric oncology programmes (CF-012 for Ewing sarcoma and CF-033 for multiple children's cancers) with an initial $40 million (£30 million) budget.
• LifeArccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025LifeArc is a core partner in the C-Further consortium alongside GOSH Charity and Cancer Research Horizons, working to accelerate new cancer treatments for children.
• Cancer Research HorizonscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cancer Research Horizons is a core partner in the C-Further consortium, collaborating with GOSH Charity and LifeArc on paediatric cancer research.
• UVA Comprehensive Cancer CenterminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with C-Further on CF-012 programme for Ewing sarcoma.
• Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with C-Further on CF-012 programme for Ewing sarcoma.
• Mass General BrighamminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with C-Further on CF-012 programme for Ewing sarcoma.
• MiNK TherapeuticsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with C-Further on CF-033 programme for multiple children's cancers including bone sarcoma, medulloblastoma, and acute myeloid leukaemia.
• University of SouthamptonminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnered with C-Further on CF-033 programme for multiple children's cancers.
• Collection 4 ClothesminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2022A clothes recycling business partnership launched in January 2022. Collection bags are delivered to homes across the UK and collected monthly. GOSH Charity receives approximately £60k minimum per year. The partnership includes sustainability commitment with oxo-biodegradable bags and Ecologi tree planting.
• Anthony NolanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to improve quality of life for children who have received cell therapies.
• Morgan StanleyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNaming partner of the Morgan Stanley Clinical Building at GOSH.
• Concord TheatricalsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLicensing agent for Peter Pan performances in the UK (on behalf of Samuel French Ltd) and US (on behalf of Samuel French Inc).
• Dame Kelly Holmes TrustminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing a professional athlete mentoring scheme for transplant patients at GOSH.
• GOSH ShopminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOnline shop offering GOSH Charity branded clothes, gifts, cards, toys and accessories. The GOSH Shop ceased trading on 31 March 2025.
• UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGOSH and UCL GOS ICH together form the largest concentration of paediatric research expertise outside North America. The Institute is a key partner in research strategy and governance.

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Alder Hey Children's Charity: Alder Hey Children's Charity is the dedicated fundraising arm of Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool. It is the closest direct peer — a children's hospital charity supporting paediatric research, equipment, and patient/family experience through community fundraising, corporate partnerships, and lottery products.
• Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity: Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity is the fundraising entity for Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Directly comparable as another major UK specialist paediatric hospital charity with similar funding mix (donations, lottery, events, corporate partnerships) and similar grant-making mission for research, equipment, and family support.
• Evelina London Children's Hospital (Guy's & St Thomas' Charity): Evelina London is a major specialist children's hospital, with fundraising and grant-making activities run through Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation and related charitable entities. Direct peer as a London-based paediatric teaching hospital charity supporting paediatric research and family services.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital (NHS Foundation Trust): GOSH NHS Foundation Trust is the hospital that the charity funds. It is the sole beneficiary of all charitable grants and is operationally intertwined with GOSH Charity through shared research infrastructure, Zayed Centre for Research, and joint paediatric research programmes. Included as the institutional anchor that defines the charity's mission.
• Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent): Young Lives vs Cancer is a UK charity dedicated to supporting children and young people with cancer and their families. Directly comparable as a paediatric cancer-focused charity providing financial grants, family accommodation, and emotional support — overlapping materially with GOSH Charity's patient/family experience programmes.
• WellChild: WellChild is a UK national charity for seriously ill children, funding research, nursing programmes, and family support services. Comparable as a paediatric health charity with overlapping research grant-making and family support programmes, though operating nationally rather than at a single hospital.
• Anthony Nolan: Anthony Nolan is a UK charity operating the country's largest stem cell donor registry and is an active GOSH Charity partner (improving quality of life for children post cell therapy). Comparable as a UK health charity with overlapping paediatric stem cell/transplant focus and direct partnership linkage.

Broad incumbents

• Cancer Research UK: Cancer Research UK is the UK's largest cancer research charity and a core C-Further consortium partner alongside GOSH Charity. While much broader (all ages, all cancers), it is a relevant peer given overlapping paediatric cancer research funding and strategic co-investment via C-Further.
• LifeArc: LifeArc is a UK medical research charity and core C-Further partner alongside GOSH Charity. It is a comparable peer as a translational research funder operating across multiple therapy areas, with active co-funding programmes (Translational Research Accelerator Grants) and a shared paediatric cancer research mandate via C-Further.
• Children's Miracle Network Hospitals: Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is a North American nonprofit raising funds for 170+ member children's hospitals. Relevant broad peer as a federated paediatric hospital fundraising model, though primarily US-focused — useful as a structural comparator for hospital-charity fundraising infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/greatormondst
• Facebookfacebook.com/greatormondst
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/great-ormond-street-hospital-charity
• Instagraminstagram.com/greatormondst

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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