VHLT Ltd

Analysis

VHLT Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04501003). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, VHLT Ltd reported income of £4.0m and spending of £4.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £4.0m (+273%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, VHLT Ltd sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Wales Wildlife Trust (£4.0m), Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and South Lincolnshire (CPSL) Mind Limited (£4.0m) and Community Foundation for Surrey (£4.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.0m. Reserves of £113k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.