The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation reported income of £3.0m and spending of £3.7m, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £3.0m (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 330%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotherham United Community Trust (£3.0m), Pallottine Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (£3.0m) and Action for Carers (Surrey) (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.6m. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.