Imperial Health Charity

Analysis

Imperial Health Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09999900). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Imperial Health Charity reported income of £8.9m and spending of £9.6m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.1m to £8.9m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 134% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Imperial Health Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diagrama Foundation-Psychosocial Intervention (£8.9m), Community Forest Trust (£8.9m) and The Macular Disease Society (£8.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and investments 22%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.2m. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.4m. Reserves of £26.8m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 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.