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Health HE

Health is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Health category.

30,021 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 14.78% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

\b(health)\b

Distribution by size of charity

Income band Charities with tag Percent of all charities
Under £10k 8,754 12.32%
£10k - £100k 9,028 12.86%
£100k - £250k 3,442 15.44%
£250k - £500k 2,184 20.03%
£500k - £1m 1,459 21.24%
£1m - £10m 2,275 24.99%
Over £10m 648 29.03%
Total 27,790 14.42%

Distribution by charity regulator

Regulator Charities with tag Percent of all charities
ccew 22,279 13.02%
oscr 6,381 25.74%
ccni 1,361 18.89%
Total 30,021 14.78%

Ten largest charities (by income)

Name Latest income
NUFFIELD HEALTH [Charity number: 205533]
To advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of every kind.
£1,453,100,000
Nuffield Health [Charity number: SC041793]
3.1 To advance, promote and maintain health and health care of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit.
£1,453,100,000
University Of Glasgow Court [Charity number: SC004401]
The advancement of education. The advancement of health. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science.
£986,400,000
CANCER RESEARCH UK [Charity number: 1089464]
Cancer Research UK is dedicated to saving lives through research. Our mission is to prevent, control and cure cancer through our ground-breaking research and in the last 40 years our work has helped double survival rates. But there is more work to be done. The only charity fighting over 200 types of cancer, we rely on every pound donated to help get us closer to beating cancer.
£734,753,802
Cancer Research UK [Charity number: SC041666]
The objects for which the Company is established are to protect and promote the health of the public in particular by research into the nature, causes, diagnosis, prevention, treatment and cure of all forms of cancer, including the development of findings of research into practical applications for the prevention, treatment and cure of cancer and in furtherance of that primary object, to provide information and raise public understanding of such matters.
£734,753,802
WELLCOME TRUST [Charity number: 210183]
Wellcome exists to improve health by helping great ideas to thrive.We support researchers, we take on big health challenges, we campaign for better science, and we help everyone get involved with science and health research. We are a politically and financially independent foundation.
£569,497,051
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION [Charity number: 225971]
The BHF is the UK's largest independent funder of cardiovascular research in the UK. For over 60 years BHF has pioneered life-saving research that has helped halve the number of deaths from heart and circulatory disease in the UK. BHF also helps provide vital support and information for the 7.4m people living in the UK with heart and circulatory disease.
£410,600,000
Barnardo's [Charity number: SC037605]
The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit: To promote the care, safety and upbringing of children and young people by:- supporting and assisting those in need, their families and carers. promoting their health. and advancing their education. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
£345,552,000
Change, Grow, Live [Charity number: SC039861]
The objects of the Charity are, for the public benefit: 3.1 the advancement of health or the saving of lives, and the prevention or relief of poverty among: 3.1.1 people who have been, or are, or are at risk of becoming: 3.1.1.1 affected by use of or dependent on drugs, alcohol or other substances. 3.1.1.2 homeless. 3.1.1.3 imprisoned. 3.1.2 young people. 3.1.3 such other people identified by the Trustees from time to time. 3.1.4 the families, carers and dependents of such persons. (“Beneficiaries”), in particular (but not exclusively) by providing information, advice, support, services, interventions and treatment. 3.2 the advancement of education among: 3.2.1 Beneficiaries, and the relief of their unemployment, in particular (but not exclusively) by providing information, advice, support and services. and 3.2.2 the general public in relation to the experiences of Beneficiaries, in particular (but not exclusively) by conducting and promoting research, gathering and sharing data, and raising awareness. 3.3 the promotion of such other charitable purposes as the Trustees see fit from time to time. Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word 'charitable' or the words 'charitable purposes' in force in any part of the United Kingdom.
£339,714,761
CHANGE, GROW, LIVE [Charity number: 1079327]
CGL provides a range of services to support individuals, families and communities whose lives are adversely affected by crime, substance misuse, homelessness, anti-social behaviour, domestic violence, social deprivation and lack of opportunity.The Charity works with challenging service users with complex needs, including those with entrenched drug habits and offending behaviour.
£339,714,761

Ten random charities

Name Latest income
JCounselling Charity [Charity number: 1078723]
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY COUNSELLING,
£83,535
Tiny Life [Charity number: NI101869]
TinyLife offers a range of generic and tailored made services to families of premature and sick babies. Each year in Northern Ireland 25,000 babies are born with 10% born prematurely of which 1,800 babies will spend time in a neonatal unit. 80% of babies who die in the first 28 days are premature with 4.7 still births per 1,000 babies born. Tinylife operates in the area of health and social care providing support to families of premature babies in the neonatal unit, at home and in the community until the baby is 2 years of age. We support research into the causes and effects of having a premature baby and provide education and information for those working with premature babies, parents and schools and communities.
£991,696
Mountain Rescue Benevolent Fund (Glencoe) [Charity number: SC052438]
The Objects of the Charity are restricted to charitable purposes only and, in particular, to provide financial assistance at the sole and absolute discretion of the Trustees to relieve poverty and/or to preserve the good health and general well-being of a person who may be deemed by the Trustees to be in need of financial assistance, due to injury, disability or death as a result of attending a rescue call out or other mountain rescue activity, including (without prejudice to the foregoing generality) rescue training or travelling to or from the location of a rescue call out, as follows:- (i) To past or present full and/or aspirant members of Glencoe Mountain Rescue, a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SC047712), having their Registered Office at Glencoe Mountain Rescue Centre, Glencoe, PH49 4HP (hereinafter referred to as ?GMR?). (ii) To persons who may from time to time assist on mountain rescue call outs at the request of a Rescue Team referred to in paragraphs (i) or (ii) above. (iii) To the immediate family or dependants of the aforementioned persons or such other person or persons who are considered to be in need of such assistance.
£150
ST ALBANS LIONS CLUB (CIO) [Charity number: 1184282]
Member of the International Lions Club raising charity funds through annual projects including helping to run a charity bookshop, Easter Egg raffles, & christmas street collections, etc The monies are regularly dispersed to local charities.We also assist the local community with projects inc Senior Citizen's dinners and collecting christmas trees for a local hospice, allowing them to raise funds
£25,790
Strand Arts Centre [Charity number: NI104893]
Strand Arts Centre occupies, manages and preserves the oldest cinema in Northern Ireland and the only working example of an original art deco picture house. We provide a year round programme of film screenings and arts events and activities which are curated to educate and inspire the local community as well as to attract (largely domestic) cultural tourism, subsequently providing benefits for the general public beyond our immediate locality. Our building is a shared space used by a wide range of community groups, charities and local schools as well as the general public, totalling over 45,000 patrons annually. Events and activities we host include weekly drama, dance, music and film classes; regular film making, animation and craft workshops; weekly film screenings specifically for seniors groups; awareness and fund-raising film screenings for health and social welfare charities; classic independent and cultural film screenings; main-release film screenings; monthly heritage tours; volunteering scheme and arts management internships; hosting events/activities within City-wide and National festivals.
£711,664
Brechin Healthcare Group [Charity number: SC047731]
The organisations purposes are: 1. To advance Health and the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, or financial hardship or other disadvantage. 2. To Advance Health, through the provision of medical equipment and facilities and through the provision of relief to those suffering from illness. 3 To benefit the community through Economic Development, Regeneration, Health and Wellbeing, Social Wellbeing, Environmental Wellbeing, and Addressing Inequalities
£9,908
SPENNYMOOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1170497]
Providing activities for Children, Young People and Families. Including Junior, Inters and Duke of Edinburgh Award. Inter Generational Work, Health & Well Being Services, ICT Access and Support. Room Hire for Community Groups and Private Hire for Events. Room Hire for Education Purposes. Community Allotment. Support including, Food Parcel, and Community Cafe and Volunteer Support.
£185,490
Beragh Care and Development Association Limited [Charity number: NI103136]
Beragh Care and Development Association Limited own a building in the village of Beragh which hosts 2 flats, 2 retail units and a community hall for rent to members of the community. The income from the residential and retail properties help to fund the community hall. The community hall is a central, neutral venue for use by members of the community. Currently activities include daycare for the less mobile members of the community, provided by the local health trust; the local Age Concern Group; Alcoholics Anon Group; after school care for primary school children; church events; various other events hosted by the community. The committee of Beragh Care and Development Association ensure that the centre is operated as efficiently as possible and strive to improve the lives of the community by obtaining funding to carry out projects which enhance the lives of the community. Some of the projects completed to date include village spruce up scheme; festive lighting within the village; christmas celebrations; community pharmacy programmes to cover a variety of health related issues and the community garden.
£32,636
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [Charity number: SC041594]
That the objects of the existing College are declared by its Memorandum of Association to be 'the encouragement of the study and the improvement of the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology subjects which should be inseparably interwoven' by the aid of all or any of the following:-
£21,444,829
Haddon Charity For Performing Arts [Charity number: 1181254]
Haddon Charity for Performing Arts (formerly known as HCPA) core mission is to tackle the barriers deprivation creates using Performing Arts as the tool to achieve this.HCPA runs weekly activities and supports a wide variety of children and young people specialising in SEN children and children with mental health needs. Our activities include all areas of Performing Arts.
£125,718