The Jane Hodge Foundation

Analysis

The Jane Hodge Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Jane Hodge Foundation reported income of £3.6m and spending of £3.5m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £6.0m to £3.6m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Jane Hodge Foundation 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 Life 2009 (£3.6m), Vincentian Care Plus (£3.6m) and Lewis-Manning Hospice Care (£3.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. Reserves of £32.9m would cover about 114 months of spending at that rate.