The Medicalert Foundation

Analysis

The Medicalert Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leighton Buzzard. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 00814000). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Medicalert Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.3m (-0.4%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Medicalert Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Rape Crisis (£1.3m), Active Essex Foundation (£1.3m) and Norton Housing and Support Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 85%, donations and legacies 11% and investments 4.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £70k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.4m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.