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Discover 3,316 Health charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

3,316
Charities
£15,187,056,328
Total Income
£3,308,006
Avg Income
87.4%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

The Elton John AIDS Foundation

Health, Social welfare

The Foundation empowers people infected, affected and at risk of HIV/AIDS, to alleviate their physical, emotional and financial hardship, enabling them to improve their quality of life, live with dignity and exercise self determination. It funds broad ranges of services and operational research, focusing on the most disadvantaged and high risk groups both in the UK and around the world.

Latest Income: £23,232,132
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Children's Hospice South West

Beneficiary group, Health

Provision of hospice care for life-limited children and their families

Latest Income: £22,415,151
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Acorns Children's Hospice Trust

Beneficiary group, Health

Care and support for life limited children and their families

Latest Income: £22,219,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Friends Of The Elderly

Associations, Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfare

The charity offers residential, nursing and dementia care to older people in care homes on seven sites across England. We operate day care centres and a free-to-access grants service for individuals, and work to combat the devastating effects of loneliness among older people. Our vision is for a society in which all older people have the opportunity to live fulfilled lives.

Latest Income: £22,049,000
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Compass - Services To Improve Health And Wellbeing

Beneficiary group, Health

Provides treatment and support services to drug users and their families

Latest Income: £21,268,592
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Blood Cancer UK Research

Health

We stop people dying from blood cancer; we make patients' lives better and we stop people from getting blood cancer in the first place. We achieve this by:* revealing how blood cancer works* driving smarter, faster diagnosis* inspiring new treatments and better care* being a voice of influence & championing patients' needs* building communities & sharing understanding

Latest Income: £21,062,000
Areas of Operation: Scotland
Status: Registered
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Havens Hospices

Beneficiary group, Health

The Charity provides relief to children and adults suffering from any chronic or life limiting illness, via the provision of residential hospice care, day care, education, training and support for patients and their families (or other carers), provided both within the organisation and in the community. Our care is provided free of charge to people regardless of faith.

Latest Income: £20,632,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Royal College Of Obstetricians And Gynaecologists

Education, Health, Research

The encouragement of the study and the advancement of the science and practice of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Latest Income: £20,480,633
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Christ's Hospital Foundation

Beneficiary group, Health, Social welfare

The education of poor or needy children

Latest Income: £19,965,000
Areas of Operation: West Sussex
Status: Registered
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St Peter's Hospice

Beneficiary group, Health

St Peter's Hospice is Bristol's only adult hospice caring for local people with life-limiting illnesses. Our commitment is to improve the quality of life of patients while extending care and support to their families and loved ones.

Latest Income: £19,958,000
Areas of Operation: Bristol City
Status: Registered
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Ben - Motor And Allied Trades Benevolent Fund

Health, Leisure, Social care, Social welfare

BEN provides financial support and facilities to people and their close dependants, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, who are working or have worked in a qualifying trade or industry.BEN currently operates Welfare Offices in Ascot, Birmingham, Northern England and Scotland; Nursing and Residential Centres in Ascot, Rugby, and Berwick-upon-Tweed; Day Care Centre in Coventry.

Latest Income: £19,457,000
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Southside Partnership

Beneficiary group, Health

Southside Partnership is an organisation supporting people to lead independent lives, the organisation provides high quality, person-centred services for people with mental health needs and/or learning disabilities.

Latest Income: £19,440,000
Areas of Operation: London
Status: Registered
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St Elizabeth Hospice

Health, Housing

St Elizabeth Hospice improves life for people living with a progressive or terminal illness. Our work is centred on an individual's needs, which means specialist support, whenever and wherever it is needed, whether at home, in the community or at the hospice. Through medicine and therapy we ease pain; we give life purpose and make life liveable.

Latest Income: £19,252,174
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice LTD

Beneficiary group, Health

Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care (Phyllis Tuckwell Memorial Hospice Ltd) provides specialist supportive and end of life care to adult patients, their carers and families, living with an advanced or terminal illness, including cancer, neurological conditions, heart and lung disease, etc

Latest Income: £19,181,855
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Princess Alice Hospice

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Health

As specialists in end of life care, our primary objective is the care and support of our patients, their families and their friends. This takes place in both our extensive community and within our purpose built hospice. Education and research are important secondary objectives in our work, and like our patient care they are supported through our fundraising activities and our high street shops.

Latest Income: £19,097,555
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Pilgrims Hospices In East Kent

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Housing, Professions, Social care, Social welfare

The charity runs three hospices providing specialist palliative care services to patients through inpatient and day care, clinics, support at home from teams of community nurses and a 24-hour helpline. Families receive social, pastoral and bereavement support from teams of professionals at all three hospices. An education centre provides training and education for professionals and the public.

Latest Income: £18,946,000
Areas of Operation: Kent
Status: Registered
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Sarjudas Foundation

Beneficiary group, Health, Leisure, Religion, Society

Sarjudas Foundation is dedicated to fulfilling the spiritual, cultural and social needs of the people while promoting inner peace and harmony between individuals, within families, and amongst diverse communities. Community work includes Nurturing Children, Promoting Healthy Living, Fostering Education, Encouraging Sports, Serving the Community and Celebrating Hinduism.

Latest Income: £18,839,735
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Dorothy House

Health, Society

An independent Hospice offering a wide range of services and education in the provision of specialist palliative care to a local population of around 500,000 people. All services in the community and the hospice are provided free of charge and with equal access to all.

Latest Income: £18,339,533
Areas of Operation: Bath And North East Somerset
Status: Registered
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Mountbatten Isle Of Wight

Health

The provision of palliative care

Latest Income: £17,925,002
Areas of Operation: Isle Of Wight
Status: Registered
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Royal Trinity Hospice

Beneficiary group, Health

The provision of specialist palliative care services to people diagnosed with terminal illnesses and their families.

Latest Income: £17,819,946
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Children With Cancer UK

Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health

OUR MAIN AIMS ARE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSES CHILDREN TO DEVELOP CANCER, TO DEVELOP IMPROVED TREATMENTS AND TO PROVIDE CARE FOR AFFECTED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT IS THE TRUSTEES' POLICY TO MAXIMISE THE PROPORTION OF CHARITABLE OUTPUT THAT IS ACHIEVED THROUGH GRANT MAKING TO ORGANISATIONS. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE CHARITY WILL FOCUS ON REVENUE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH INTO CAUSES AND TREATMENT.

Latest Income: £17,808,758
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust

Health, Social welfare

Providing state of the art cancer treatmentTreating poor cancer patients free of charge or at subsidised rateResearch into the probable causes of cancer

Latest Income: £17,740,632
Areas of Operation: Bradford City
Status: Registered
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Mission Care

Beneficiary group, Health

Mission Care is a Christian charity that provides nurisng care and support to the elderly frail, older people with mental health needs and people with physical disabilities in South London and Kent. We also have a growing work partnering with other organisations to help them fund and manage capital projects, to date principally in East Africa.

Latest Income: £17,566,916
Areas of Operation: Bromley
Status: Registered
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St Oswald's Hospice Limited

Health

The principal activity of the Hospice is to provide specialist palliative medical and nursing care to patients with life limiting illnesses.

Latest Income: £17,565,412
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Hospiscare

Health, Housing, Social care

Hospiscare provides a holistic palliative care service to patients with life-limiting illnesses. This includes symptom control, emotional, spiritual and social care. Hospiscare delivers care in the community, e.g. in patients' homes, care homes or community hospitals; in the hospice which has 12 in-patient beds and a daycare facility for up to 60 patients a week; and in the local acute hospital.

Latest Income: £17,422,669
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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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.