Health Charities
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Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.
Humbercare Limited
Charitable activities, Education, Health, HousingTo prevent offending and to reduce the risk of re-offending in the community, by offering mentoring, support, advice and guidance on a wide range of issues, to the homeless, those leaving the looked after system, those with substance misuse and/or with mental health issues and those at risk
Coventry, Warwickshire & Worcestershire Mind
HealthTo promote the preservation of good mental health in particular by enabling and empowering everyone experiencing mental health problems to live with, manage and recover from their condition. To relieve the needs of people with mental health problems by providing services to support individuals.
The Heart Of Kent Hospice
Health, Social careThe main areas of charitable activity are the provision of inpatient sevices, day care and support therapies, counselling and community services.
Bethphage
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social careProvides support to adults with disabilities or mental health needs in Shropshire and the West Midlands. Our services include registered care homes, supported living services, day opportunities, outreach support and a specialist assessment and transition service. Most of the people we support have a learning disability.
Henshaws Society For Blind People
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Leisure, Social careWe deliver practical, caring and imaginative services, including specialist housing and support, residential care, education, training, community outreach services and leisure activities, working with visually impaired people and people with other disabilities and their friends, families and colleagues. We also work to raise awareness of visual impairment amongst the wider community.
The National Childbirth Trust
Beneficiary group, HealthWe offer information and support in pregnancy, childbirth and early parenthoodWe aim to give every parent the chance to make informed choicesWe want to make sure that everyone in the UK, regardless of background or location, has access to our services and activitiesWe advocate on behalf of parents to make the UK more parent friendly by improving services and support for parents
Bridge 86 Limited
Education, Health, Social careTo give support to people with mental health problems, providing a pathway through assessment, recovery & community integration.Based in South London, we offer a full range of services to help clients become independent, from 24 hour supported accommodation to Flexible Community & Medium support, with accommodation where required, to Respite & Recovery services, and to the Recovery College.
Integrate (preston And Chorley) Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, HousingWe provide housing & support services to enable people with a learning disability and or additional support needs including mental health and the deaf, to live in and manage their own accommodation in the local community. We put the needs of the person at the heart of all we do and provide services tailored to individuals' needs.
Paul Strickland Scanner Centre
Health, ResearchTo provide state of the art cross sectional medical diagnostic imaging systems and operate them principally to benefit patients attending the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, but also for patients referred from anywhere in the UK or abroad.To carry out late translational imaging research
Claire House
Beneficiary group, Health, Social care, Social welfareClaire House helps seriously and terminally ill babies, children and young adults in Merseyside, Cheshire and North Wales. It provides end of life care, emergency respite, hospital support and day care, in addition to short breaks for children with complex needs. It also provides counselling, therapy and bereavement support for the whole family, while a child is living and after they die.
Kirkwood Hospice
Beneficiary group, HealthKirkwood Hospice provides specialist care free of charge to adults in Kirklees with advanced, progressive illnesses at any time from diagnosis to the end of life, respecting their individual needs and wishes. care and support is also provided for their family members, friends and carers, both during the illness and after death.
Father Hudson's Caritas
Beneficiary group, Education, Health, Social careSocial Care Agency of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham providing :*residential and daycare for the elderly, those with dementia, and adults with disabilities*adoption support and fostering services*origins services to adults who have previously been supported by the Society*community and school based family support projects
Rowans Hospice
Beneficiary group, HealthSpecialist care and support across Portsmouth and SE Hants is provided to those aged 16 and above diagnosed with progressive life limiting illnesses and their families and carers. The service is free of charge irrespective of the nature of the illness, the patients' creed or financial means. Education programmes are run to enhance the skills base of other local health professionals.
St Richards Hospice Foundation
Health, HousingTo enhance, through specialist palliative care and education, the quality of life of patients and those important to them,suffering from cancer or other life-threatening illness.
Cope Childrens Trust
Beneficiary group, Health, Social care, Social welfareRainbows Hospice for Children & Young People is a purpose built 14 bedded unit in Loughborough, Leics serving life threatened & life limited children, young people & their families in the East Midlands & South Yorkshire. We aim to provide the highest quality of family centred care. We provide a research based, holistic approach to respite & terminal care, symptom control & bereavement support.
The Field Lane Foundation
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social careField Lane supports highly vulnerable people to live as independently as possible; people with learning and other disabilities, families in crisis through homelessness and older people. Services of nursing care,domiciliary support and supported housing are available in London and the wider Southeast. Consultancy, back office and management support are offered for other charities in England.
Isabel Hospice Limited
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social care, Social welfareHospice services providing specialist palliative care across home, day centre, outpatient and inpatient settings comprising multi-disciplinary medical, nursing, pre and post bereavement counselling and family support, spiritual care and benefit advice.
Porchlight
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, Education, Health, HousingPorchlight is an independent registered charity working across Kent, East Sussex and Bexley. We help vulnerable and isolated people get support with their mental health, housing, education and employment. We provide children, young people and adults with the advice, guidance and skills to live independently in the future, play an active role in their local community and fulfil their potential.
St Wilfrid's Hospice (south Coast) Limited
Health, Housing, Social welfareSt Wilfrid's Hospice provides and promotes high quality specialist palliative care through inpatient & community services. The charity operates a 14 bed inpatient unit; hospice at home service; a day hospice open 3 days a week; a community team caring for up over 230 patients at any one time; a bereavement service; an education centre and support and advice to patients & staff in local hospitals.
St Catherines Hospice (lancashire) Limited
Education, HealthSt Catherine's maintains a hospice and provides specialist palliative care services to cater for the needs of patients and their carers. The Hospice benefits people from the areas of Chorley,Longridge,Preston and South Ribble.
Touchstone-Leeds
HealthTouchstone works in Yorkshire, providing a broad range of services to improve the mental and physical well-being of people from all communities. Our vision is to inspire communities and transform lives. Our specialisms are work with people experiencing, or vulnerable to, mental health difficulties and their carers, and with people from black and minority ethnic communities.
St. Leonard's Hospice York
HealthSt Leonard's Hospice's mission is to provide excellent care and support to those living with life-limiting illness and to the people they are about, to enrich their lives and to contribute to the ongoing development of end-of-life care.
Black Country Women's Aid
Beneficiary group, Health, Housing, Social welfareProvision of support,and emergency services to vulnerable women and children experiencing rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse. Services include provision of emergency accommodation, floating support services, community support and counselling. Services also include development with agencies to raise awareness of domestic abuse and develop support systems to enable them to access SWA services.
The Oakhaven Trust
Beneficiary group, HealthProviding excellence in care and promoting the best quality of life for people living with a life-limiting condition and their families. Meeting the end-of-life care needs of our local community through the provision of specialist services combined with support, education, partnership working and collaboration with others. Patients receive expert, dignified, compassionate and supportive care.
Birmingham Association For Mental Health
Health, Housing, Social careBirmingham Mind provides high quality, user led services for people who experience mental health distress. Our services include Residential Care, Supported Housing, Support in the individual's own home, Day Service provision and other specialist community services.
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.