The John Heggs Bates' Charity for Convalescents

Analysis

The John Heggs Bates' Charity for Convalescents is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John Heggs Bates' Charity for Convalescents reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £18k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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 John Heggs Bates' Charity for Convalescents sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alanouwaly Salifou Sylla Foundation (£18k), Naturally Africa Foundation (£18k) and Girls Alive (£18k).