Helpforce Community

Analysis

Helpforce Community is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2022, 4 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 company (Companies House number 10919485). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Helpforce Community reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.6m (-19%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helpforce Community sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern (Age UK) Ashford Ltd (£1.6m), West Bromwich African Caribbean Resource Centre (£1.6m) and Friends of the Holy Land (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78%, charitable activities 17% and investments 4.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.