Health Charities
Discover 3,316 Health charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Notable charities in this sector
Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Percy Lea Charitable Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Environment, Health, Social welfareSmall grants to charitable bodies e.g. nature & wildlife conservation,environmental protection, cancer & medical research, education and disadvantaged children
The Colin Hammacott Trust
HealthAward of grants and financial support for individuals affected by severe mental health problems, and organisations supporting such individuals, throughout the City and County of Swansea.
Edith Strain (nursing)
Charitable activities, HealthGrants to people with medical problems living in Wotton-under-Edge and to Organisations that support people living in Wotton-under-Edge
Friends Of Potters Bar Community Hospital
Associations, HealthProvision of gifts & services to improve the medical facilities, environment/ambience and general effectiveness of Potters Bar Community Hospital
Y Gadwyn
Arts, Health, HeritageWe provide tapes for the blind and partially blind. Contents range from discussions with local community members to cultural and historical topics.
League Of Friends Of The Royal Eye Infirmary Plymouth
Associations, HealthProvision of medical equipment and charitable support for the work of the Royal Eye Infirmary, Plymouth
The Shap Working Party On World Religions In Education Limited
Arts, Crime and Justice, Education, HealthThe Shap Working Party on World Religious in Education provides a calendar of religious festivals for sale to recipients including schools, hospitals, prisons and supermarkets. It also produces a e-calendar illustrating the festivals as well as providing consultancy for those who need expertise in the place of religions in society.
North Norfolk Talking Newspaper Association
Arts, HealthProviding a weekly newspaper on compact disc or memory stick to blind or partially sighted persons in the North Norfolk area
Hunter-Rowe Trust
Health, ProfessionsThe Trust was set up with a donation from Mr Lance Hunter-Rowe in 1987, the funds to be employed to purchase items of medical equipment for use by the Health Centre, the District Nurses or for loan to patients, as well as for improvements which support or benefit the patients.
Meliora Adlercron's Relief In Sickness Charity
Health, Housing, Social careTo provide financial help to those who are sick or infirm in Oasby, Aisby, Heydour, Culverthorpe, Kelby and Welby.
Welwyn Garden City Masonic Benevolent Association
Associations, Education, Facilities, Health, Housing, Saving of lives, Social welfareReceives donations from members of the Association (all being Freemasons) and then distributes them to charities (whether or not registered) at the direction of the members.The recipients may be individuals, charitable organisations, hospices, hospitals, churches, old peoples homes, special schools, disaster appeals and the like.
The Bexhill Talking Newspaper
Arts, HealthProviding services for people with a disability/special needs
The Goodricke Appeal Fund For Deaf Children In North Yorkshire
Beneficiary group, Healthprovision of electronic apparatus and other assistance to hearing impaired children and young adults
The Vascular Surgery Research Fund
HealthSUPPORT OF RESEARCH INTO THE OUTCOMES OF FENESTRATED ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR AND OTHER
Association Of Blind Piano Tuners
Arts, HealthWe offer ongoing training and support to piano tuners who wish to acquire extra levels of ability. This is open to all VI, even if they are not yet members of the Association.
Guru Nanak Trust Fund
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, HousingMakes grants to Registered Charities, GURU NANAK HOME for Handicapped Children and RJSP Cancer Hospital in Ranchi, India
Russell Street Centre
Arts, Facilities, Health, LeisureActivities for Russel St Community are as followed; A 'Keep Fit' session Monday mornings with also a 'Anti Social Meeting' in the evenings.Tuesday afternoon's there is a Bingo club, lasts for 3 hours. Wednesday evenings for 2/half hours there is a 'Alcohol Annoymous' session.Thursdays there is a 'Line Dancing' session which is held in the mornings, whilst a 'Bingo Club' in the afternoon.
The Friends Of Babington Hospital
Associations, Charity and VCS support, HealthTO RAISE FUNDS AND PROVIDE EQUIPMENT AND ASSISTANCE TO PATIENTS AND STAFF AS PER THE RULES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCIETY.
The Wyre Forest Talking Newspaper Association
Arts, Charity and VCS support, HealthWyre Forest Talking Newspaper provides weekly audio tapes of extracts from local newspapers in the Wyre Forest area of Worcestershire (Kidderminster, Stourport,Bewdley). This service is for blind and visually impaired people of the area. It is also for people for whom handling a traditional newspaper is difficult/impossible by reason of some other disability. The service is provided by volunteers
The Friends Of Wareham Hospital
Associations, HealthTo provide comforts for the patients and consider any requests from the Wareham Hospital for materials or apparatus not available to them (at the time) form official sources.
The Millom Hospital League Of Friends
Associations, Charity and VCS support, HealthTo raise funds to provide facilities for patients who are treated within Millom Community Hospital.
Southport Music Festival Association
Arts, Education, HealthOrganise music events in order to support and stimulate music activity within Sefton and Merseyside for amateur choirs, school choirs and dementia friendly choirs. Fund, in partnership with Sefton Music Service, choral workshops in primary schools leading to celebratory concerts annually under the 'Sing for Sefton' identity. Support the weekly Memories R Made dementia friendly choir, Southport.
The League Of Friends Of Hayworth House
Associations, HealthThe League Of Friends Of The Mossley Hill Hospital
Associations, HealthCar Boot sales have now finished, also Table Sales. We rely on Donations and we have been holding Raffles to bring in some revenue to boost our funds. Mossley Hill Hospital will be closing down in 2014. We will carry on providing the Wards and Heys Court until such time that the hospital finaly closes
Mary Seacole Nurses Association
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, ProfessionsThe Charity works with local providers engaged with middle-aged and elderly people to provide blood pressure, sugar levels and BMI checks at community luncheon clubs and events. The Charity also partners with health & wellbeing projects providing advice, campaigning and elderly care.
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many health charities are there in the UK?
There are 3,316 registered health charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the health charities by income?
Nuffield Health is the largest by latest reported annual income (£1.5bn). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of health charities?
Health charities reported a combined annual income of £15.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for health charities?
Across all health charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 87.4%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of health charities?
Health charities have an average annual income of £3.3m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.