The Henry Smith Charity

Analysis

The Henry Smith Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Henry Smith Charity reported income of £19.0m and spending of £54.5m, spending 288% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11.0m to £19.0m (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 463% 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 Henry Smith Charity sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% 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 Dawat-E-Hadiyah Trust (United Kingdom) (£18.9m), Ivcc (£19.1m) and East Anglian Air Ambulance (£18.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 29%. Grants to other organisations totalled £31.9m. Reserves of £23.0m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 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.