University Hospitals Birmingham Charity

What University Hospitals Birmingham Charity does

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity is a UK-registered charity (Charity No. 1165716) and company limited by guarantee (No. 10004003) headquartered at Fisher House on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham campus. It operates as the official fundraising body for four NHS hospitals — Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, and Solihull Hospital — collectively serving over 2 million patients annually. The charity raises funds to provide equipment, research grants, patient comfort items, family accommodation, and clinical innovation that fall outside standard NHS provision, with major capital appeals including the £7.2m Total Body PET CT Scanner (2025) and the £4.1m Edmonds Transplant Centre Birmingham.

The organization operates five distinct revenue streams: (1) individual and corporate donations including monthly giving, tribute/legacy gifts, and £10,000/year Fisher House room sponsorships with naming rights; (2) a weekly lottery at £1 per ticket with £1,220 in weekly prizes and £325,720 in cumulative prizes awarded; (3) a portfolio of 12+ medical training courses priced £40-£995 covering resuscitation (ALS, EPALS, ATLS, ETC), surgical simulation (Phacon rhinology, plastic surgery, ultrasound-guided procedures), echocardiography, dysphagia, and communication training, delivered via an e-commerce platform and onsite at QE Hospital facilities; (4) research grant administration to NHS staff via quarterly board cycles; and (5) community fundraising through events (Run Solihull, Sahara Trek, Snowdon Challenge, NHS Big Tea) and corporate partnerships.

Distribution and beneficiary engagement operate across physical hospital sites, a Shopify-powered e-commerce site (shop.hospitalcharity.org), a Sanity CMS website (hospitalcharity.org), and dedicated sub-brands including Fisher House UK (18-bedroom military family accommodation, opened 2013 by HM The King, 7,000+ families served), 4Trauma4Patients major trauma support, Pets In Hospital (therapy dog program), Liver Foundation UK, Win Sabapathy Foundation for Kidney Research, and the Diving with the Injured rehabilitation program. Strategic partnerships include Fisher House UK, University of Birmingham Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (£10m biomanufacturing facility), the UK Government's Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund, Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (Me First training), the Ann Fox Foundation, and A Edmonds & Co Ltd. Technology is non-proprietary, built on standard Shopify and Sanity platforms with no AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Name

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity

Legal name

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity

Website

https://hospitalcharity.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity is a UK-registered NHS hospital charity raising funds to provide equipment, research, family accommodation, and clinical services beyond standard NHS provision across four Birmingham hospitals serving over 2 million patients annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Charity Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking Foundations (813211)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitals, Clinics & Charitable Healthcare Providers (BPAGACAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Chronic Disease & Health Promotion Program Funding (HLAJALAJ)

Keywords

• Hospital charity fundraising
• NHS charitable giving
• Medical training courses
• Family accommodation services
• Healthcare research grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Primary revenue stream from individual donations, one-time and regular contributions, tribute donations in memory of loved ones, and legacy gifts through wills. Fundraising includes events, community challenges, and corporate sponsorship.
2. Lottery: Weekly lottery program with £1 per ticket, £1,220 in prizes awarded weekly, and £325,720 in total prizes won to date.
3. Medical Training Courses: Sale of medical education and training courses to healthcare professionals including resuscitation courses, surgical training, echocardiography, and professional development programs. Revenue supports charity operations.
4. Research Grants Administration: Charity receives and administers grants for NHS staff research projects, with application deadlines quarterly throughout the year.
5. Room Sponsorship and Corporate Partnerships: Corporate sponsorship of bedrooms at Fisher House at £10,000 per year with naming rights, waiting room refurbishment sponsorship, and general corporate partnerships.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity raises and administers funds to provide additional services, equipment, research support and patient amenities beyond standard NHS provision across four Birmingham hospitals. It also sells medical training courses to healthcare professionals and operates Fisher House accommodation and a weekly lottery as part of its fundraising portfolio.

Product overview

University Hospitals Birmingham Charity operates a diverse charitable portfolio supporting four NHS hospitals (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital, and Solihull Hospital). The charity offers medical training courses through its online shop including resuscitation, surgical, and specialty training programmes; runs multiple fundraising appeals for medical equipment, patient care facilities, and research; provides accommodation support through Fisher House and Home Away From Home programmes; and operates fundraising products including an online lottery and events programme. The charity's core offering consists of (1) medical education courses generating revenue while training healthcare professionals, (2) patient support appeals funding equipment and services beyond NHS provision, and (3) community fundraising initiatives including events, lottery, and donations. Major appeals include the £7.2m Total Body PET CT Scanner, £4.1m Edmonds Transplant Centre, and ongoing support for cancer, rare diseases, military patients, and children's services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fisher House: 18-bedroom home away from home for injured military personnel and their families near Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
• PET-CT Scanner Appeal
• Edmonds Transplant Centre Birmingham
• 4Trauma4Patients
• Diving With The Injured
• Pets In Hospital
• Over and Above Newsletter
• Liver Foundation UK
• Win Sabapathy Foundation for Kidney Research

Products and services

• UHB Resuscitation Course

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 7,000 military families accommodated at Fisher House since 2013
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Fisher House UKcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2013Fisher House UK is a charitable foundation providing free 'home away from home' accommodation for military families at QE Hospital Birmingham. The 18-bedroom facility was opened by HM The King (then HRH The Prince of Wales) and has welcomed over 7,000 families since 2013. University Hospitals Birmingham Charity manages and funds Fisher House operations.
• Diving with the Injured (DWI)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Military rehabilitation charity taking wounded veterans scuba diving as part of recovery. Founded by Colonel Mark Foster, Military Clinical Director at RCDM and reconstructive surgeon at QE Hospital. Charity supports military veterans with PTSD, spinal injuries, brain injuries, burns, and limb loss through diving experiences. Training provided through DMSDC (Defence Medical Services Scuba Diving Club).
• Liver Foundation UKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of QEHB Charity, this foundation supported the successful fundraising campaign for the OrganOx machine that enables the NAPLES Project for liver transplantation research.
• Naples Project ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch consortium led by Consultant Transplant Surgeon Mr Thamara Perera at QE Hospital Birmingham. Project uses normothermic machine perfusion technology to increase viable liver transplants by preserving and assessing donor livers outside the body.
• GriefChatminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBereavement support service providing free emotional support through trained bereavement counselors available via chat, Monday-Friday 9am-9pm, with email support outside hours. Offered to supporters dealing with grief and loss.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy (GLA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Me First communication training program, an award-winning education resource helping healthcare professionals communicate with children and young people. UHB works in partnership with GLA to extend the training offer.
• University of Birmingham Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for £10m near-patient biomanufacturing facility including three GMP cleanrooms for advanced therapies, vaccines, and medicines for clinical trials. Supports Europe's first trial of personalized mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NHS Charities Together: Umbrella organisation representing NHS-affiliated charities across the UK. Provides national coordination and fundraising infrastructure that complements hospital charities like UHB Charity.
• British Heart Foundation: Large UK charity funding cardiovascular research and care. Comparable in funding heart-disease treatment, transplant research, and patient support, but operates nationally and is disease-specific.

Emerging players

• Help for Heroes: Major UK military charity supporting wounded veterans and their families. Comparable to UHB Charity's Fisher House military support mission and Diving With The Injured partnership, though Help for Heroes is broader and operates nationally.

Direct peers

• Barts Charity: NHS hospital charity supporting Barts Health NHS Trust hospitals in London. Closest multi-site NHS hospital charity peer, with similar research-grant administration and capital equipment appeals.
• Manchester Foundation Trust Charity: Charitable arm of one of the UK's largest NHS trusts, funding equipment, research, and patient experience across multiple hospital sites. Closely comparable in scale, multi-site structure, and NHS trust funding model.
• Royal Marsden Cancer Charity: UK NHS hospital charity funding cancer treatment, research, and patient experience at The Royal Marsden. Comparable fundraising appeal structure (large capital campaigns, regular giving, lottery) and similar disease-specific programme model.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity: Major UK NHS hospital charity raising funds for a single specialist children's hospital. Directly comparable in mission (extra-NHS funding for equipment, research, and family support) and is already a named partner of UHB Charity via the Me First training programme.

Regional players

• CLIC Sargent (Young Lives vs Cancer): UK charity supporting children and young people with cancer, overlapping with UHB Charity's children's cancer appeal and paediatric patient support programmes.
• Candlelighters Children's Cancer Charity: Regional UK children's cancer charity. Comparable in mission to UHB Charity's paediatric cancer and family accommodation programmes, though smaller and geographically concentrated.

Others

• Great Ormond Street Hospital Learning Academy: Already a named partner of UHB Charity, providing Me First communication training. Functions as a training and capability partner rather than a competitor, but is relevant as an adjacent revenue-generating content/training entity.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UHBcharity
• Facebookfacebook.com/uhbcharity

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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