Institute of Health Visiting

Analysis

Institute of Health Visiting is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 08234405). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Institute of Health Visiting reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.7m (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Institute of Health Visiting sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Talkback-Uk Ltd (£1.7m), British Thoracic Oncology Group (£1.7m) and Anatomical Society (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.8% and donations and legacies 2.5%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £978k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.