The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management

Analysis

The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in November 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training 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 00895080). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £520k to £1.2m (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aurora Foundation (£1.2m), The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust (£1.2m) and Northcare Charity (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.