The Office of Health Economics

Analysis

The Office of Health Economics is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 company (Companies House number 09848965). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Office of Health Economics reported income of £5.7m and spending of £5.2m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.1m to £5.7m (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Office of Health Economics sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include University of Lincoln Students Union (£5.7m), The Linbury Trust (£5.7m) and Catholic Care (Diocese of Leeds) (£5.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 78%, charitable activities 17% and donations and legacies 5.3%. Charitable activities took 36% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £2.0m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.