The Hydration Foundation

Analysis

The Hydration Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hydration Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £36k, spending 225% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £44k to £16k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hydration Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friend to Friend (£16k), The Bradford and Airedale Eye Sight Trust (£16k) and Experience the Real Africa (UK) (£16k).