The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Health Foundation

Registered charity 286967 Registered since 1983

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Austria, United States, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

9
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 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10Other Charitable Purposes 9General 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 20Finance 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.health.org.uk
Emailinfo@health.org.uk
Phone02072578000
AddressThe Health Foundation, Salisbury Square House, 8 Salisbury Square, LONDON, EC4Y 8AP

Finances

£17,203,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£16,378,000£57,409,000
2021£17,060,000£53,371,000
2022£18,169,000£80,409,000
2023£18,555,000£62,717,000
2024£17,203,000£67,284,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

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.

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

Trustees (10)

10trustees
56median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Health Foundation · 01714937 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/04/1983

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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