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King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes)
King Edward VII's Hospital (Sister Agnes) is a registered charity (number 208944) based in London, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by Sir Richard Brook Sykes since 2019. Latest income £45m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Sister Agnes (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £45m (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- kingedwardviisisteragnescharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- King Edward VII Hospital
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£45m£56m
- 2024£47m£53m
- 2023£44m£53m
Earlier years
- 2022£40m£44m
- 2021£31m£34m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government contracts 25%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROPERTY OF THE CORPORATION SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES AT THE HOSPITAL ON SUCH TERMS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF BENEFICIARIES IN DESCENDING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) ALL SERVING PERSONNEL OF HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES (B) ALL EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO HAVE SERVED IN HER MAJESTY'S ARMED FORCES (WHETHER IN A REGULAR, TEMPORARY, RESERVE OR TERRITORIAL CAPACITY) OR IN THE BRITISH INDIAN ARMED FORCES (C) SPOUSES, FORMER SPOUSES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS (OR SUCH SIMILAR ANALOGOUS RELATIONSHIPS RECOGNISED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND & WALES) OF ANY OF THE PERSONS DESCRIBED IN CATEGORIES A. AND B. ABOVE. (D) ANY OTHER PERSON AGED 16 AND OVER.THE COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITAL TO THOSE BENEFICIARIES FALLING WITHIN SUB-CLAUSES (A) TO (C) ABOVE.
Grants received
1 grant · £89,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £89,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Sir Richard Brook Sykes Chair since 2019
- Commodore Alison Hofman since 2024
- Dr Roger Sinclair Kirby since 2018
- Fiona Elizabeth Lawrence Driscoll since 2019
- Paul Richard Biddle since 2019
- Sanjay Shah since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Sir Richard Brook Sykes Chair since 2019
- Dr Roger Sinclair Kirby since 2018
- Fiona Elizabeth Lawrence Driscoll since 2019
- Paul Richard Biddle since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Sir Richard Brook Sykes Chair since 2019
- Commodore Alison Hofman since 2024
- Dr Roger Sinclair Kirby since 2018
- Fiona Elizabeth Lawrence Driscoll since 2019
- Paul Richard Biddle since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Sanjay Shah since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 3.6 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 208944
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER 21/08/1930,SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER 20/02/1951.BYE-LAWS BY ORDERS OF PRIVY COUNCIL 25/07/1955,11/04/1960.ROYAL CHARTER 21/11/1973,SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER 13/10/1980 & 24/6/98, AMENDMENT TO CHARTER 14/6/2000, ORDER IN COUNCIL 16/12/04.AS AMENDED ON 11 FEB 2014AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 11 OCT 2017
- Companies House
- Company number RC000290 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0203 998 4209 · fundraising@kingedwardviisisteragnescharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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