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Health Limited

RegisteredRegistered charity number 290535LondonHealth and saving lives
Income£10.0m2025-03-31
Spending£9.3msame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1984Charitable company
Employees314latest return

Analysis

Health Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01837621). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Health Limited reported income of £10.0m and spending of £9.3m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £19.8m to £10.0m (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Health Limited sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Becht Foundation (£9.9m), Orbis Charitable Trust (£10.0m) and British Pharmacological Society (£9.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93%, donations and legacies 3.0% and investments 1.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,000. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 314 people.

Income and spending

£0£5.2m£10.4m£15.5m£20.7m2021 Income: £19,836,7242021 Spending: £20,721,54320212022 Income: £14,992,2092022 Spending: £14,930,38820222023 Income: £14,710,1712023 Spending: £14,456,71020232024 Income: £10,707,6042024 Spending: £11,041,52920242025 Income: £9,988,3072025 Spending: £9,319,3252025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 3.0%
  • Legacies 0.0%
  • Charitable activities 93%
  • Investments 1.0%
  • Other 2.7%

In the charity's own words

We work to improve the health of the world's poorest people, ensuring people who otherwise would have no support receive basic but life-saving health care and education.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Becht FoundationLondon£9.9m
Orbis Charitable TrustLondon£10.0m
British Pharmacological SocietyLondon£9.9m
Broadening Choices for Older PeopleBirmingham£10.0m