James Hirons

Analysis

James Hirons is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leamington Spa. It was registered in May 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08966275). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, James Hirons reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £807k to £1.4m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, James Hirons 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 Masonic Samaritan Fund (£1.4m), Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (£1.4m) and Trewen Meadows (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91% and investments 9.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.