HC Foundation

Analysis

HC Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 2012, 14 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 07661424). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, HC Foundation reported income of £85k and spending of £73k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £85k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, HC Foundation sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exmouth and District Community Transport Group (£85k), Kamulifriends (£85k) and Breastcancer Unit Support Trust (£85k).