Association of NHS Charities

Analysis

Association of NHS Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 12325259). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Association of NHS Charities reported income of £10.3m and spending of £14.0m, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £11.9m to £10.3m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 258% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Association of NHS Charities 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 The Land Restoration Trust (£10.3m), St Leonard's Hospice York (£10.3m) and Federation of Jewish Services (£10.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 59%, donations and legacies 23%, investments 16% and trading 2.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £433k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.0m. Reserves of £4.6m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 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.