The Malvern Hills Community Foundation

Analysis

The Malvern Hills Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05553740). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Malvern Hills Community Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £13k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £6,086 to £16k (+168%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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 Malvern Hills Community Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pelegrin Trust (£16k), Frontline Live (£16k) and Monmouth Charity (£16k).