Health Action

Analysis

Health Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Medway City Estate. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04730352). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Health Action reported income of £47k and spending of £70k, spending 148% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £84k to £47k (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 347%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Health Action sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blandford Youth Advice & Information Centre (£47k), The Pavement (£47k) and Samaritans of Bracknell, Wokingham, Ascot and Districts (£47k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.