Running Well

Analysis

Running Well is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 December 2025, Running Well reported income of £21k and spending of £49k, spending 238% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £50k to £21k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Running Well sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Mengo Hospital (£21k), Burnley Acorn Fund (£21k) and The Gillham Charitable Trust (£21k).