The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited

Analysis

The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05015106). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited reported income of £142k and spending of £191k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £77k to £142k (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 697%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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 Dame Hilary Cropper Charitable Foundation Limited sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited (£142k), South West London Islamic Society (£142k) and City of Joy Aid, UK (£142k).