Hywel Dda Health Charities

Analysis

Hywel Dda Health Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Jobswell Road. It was registered in June 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hywel Dda Health Charities reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.9m, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £2.0m (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 239%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hywel Dda Health Charities sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sentebale (£2.0m), Association of Air Ambulances (Charity) Ltd (£2.0m) and The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 71% and investments 28%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £734k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate.