Watch Hill Foundation

Analysis

Watch Hill Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 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 05676019). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Watch Hill Foundation reported income of £47k and spending of £41k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £115k to £47k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 25% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Watch Hill Foundation 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 Helping Orphans (£47k), The Erosive Toothwear Foundation (£47k) and A Little Bit of Hope (£47k).