The Hummingbird Initiative

Analysis

The Hummingbird Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hummingbird Initiative reported income of £276k and spending of £272k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2,411 to £276k (+11336%), an average of +227% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1308%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Hummingbird Initiative sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Key Changes Music Therapy (£276k), Kennington Association (£276k) and The Charlie & Carter Foundation Limited (£275k).