Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund

Analysis

Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northampton. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.5m, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.3m (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 The Oxford Mindfulness Foundation (£1.3m), Aed Donate (£1.3m) and Stopaids (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72%, charitable activities 19% and investments 8.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £267k. Charitable activities took 70% of spending and raising funds 29%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £428k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 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.