Hurdale Charity Limited

Analysis

Hurdale Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01396004). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hurdale Charity Limited reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.9m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £2.3m (-7.3%), an average of -1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hurdale Charity Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Havant and East Hants Mind (£2.3m), The Ruth Strauss Foundation (£2.3m) and Climate Parliament (£2.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.3m. Reserves of £28.6m would cover about 119 months of spending at that rate.

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.