Healthcare Infection Society

Analysis

Healthcare Infection Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2014, 12 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Healthcare Infection Society reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £885k to £1.7m (+96%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Healthcare Infection Society 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 Royal Engineers Association (£1.7m), Huntingdon Mencap Society Limited (£1.7m) and Age UK Birmingham Limited (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 83% and investments 17%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £715k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.