Health Action Local Engagement

Analysis

Health Action Local Engagement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shipley. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06443243). It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Health Action Local Engagement reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £847k to £1.3m (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Health Action Local Engagement sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Money and Mental Health Policy Institute (£1.3m), The Butterfly Hospice Trust (£1.3m) and Downhurst Residential Home Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2,364. Reserves of £494k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.