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The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation is a registered charity (number 286967) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £22m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £22m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Austria, United States, Scotland and more
Website
www.health.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Health Foundation
Registered
1983

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£22m£70m
  • 2024£17m£67m
  • 2023£19m£63m
Earlier years
  • 2022£18m£80m
  • 2021£17m£53m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FOUNDATION IS ESTABLISHED ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE AND ANY OTHER OBJECTS AND PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY: PROMOTING PROJECTS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND RESEARCH INTO HEALTH UTILISING AND MAKING AVAILABLE THE USEFUL RESULTS.

Grants received

7 grants · £775,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department of Health and Social Care · £775,000 (6 grants)
  • Nesta ·

Most recent

  • Department of Health and Social Care £110,0002021-11-18
  • Department of Health and Social Care £110,0002021-11-18
  • Department of Health and Social Care £330,0002021-11-18
  • Department of Health and Social Care £89,5832020-03-14
  • Department of Health and Social Care £61,4582020-03-14
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

3.3y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9Other Charitable Purposes 8General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 19Finance 6Professional services 4

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£17.2m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

273 from 187 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
10%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
286967
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/04/1983AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05/03/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/04/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/09/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31/01/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/05/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/11/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/03/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/01/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/03/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 DEC 2017 AS AMENDED ON 15 JUL 2021AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 JUL 2021
Companies House
Company number 01714937 · Active
Contact on the register
02072578000 · info@health.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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