The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services

Analysis

The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 00382452). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services reported income of £3.6m and spending of £5.3m, spending 147% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £3.7m to £3.6m (-2.5%), an average of -0.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 130% 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 Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies in Health Services sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Indus Health Network UK (£3.6m), Cocoon Support Ltd (£3.6m) and Mothers2mothers (UK) Limited (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 76%, charitable activities 20% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £19k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £111.2m would cover about 250 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 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.