Hoplite Fund

Analysis

Hoplite Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in October 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, economic/community development/employment and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hoplite Fund reported income of £588k and spending of £354k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £123k to £588k (+378%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hoplite Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Miscarriage Association (£588k), British Association for Immediate Care (£588k) and Reachacross (UK) (£588k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 80%, investments 16% and donations and legacies 3.6%. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 45%. Reserves of £421k would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.