Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

HEALTH LIMITED 

We work to improve the health of the world's poorest people, ensuring people who otherwise would have no support receive basic but life-saving health care and education.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
Established: 39 years

www.healthpovertyaction.org

s.tcheumeni@healthpovertyaction.org

02078403777

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£14,710£14,457£253£267£5,825£1,9311.6446100
31/03/22£14,992£14,930£62£497£5,362£1,5401.23820
31/03/21£19,837£20,722£-885£278£5,203£1,4860.93600
31/03/20£19,598£19,144£453£502£6,728£1,55713995
31/03/19£17,857£18,031£-174£426£6,118£1,3600.94166
31/03/18£19,170£18,206£964£337£6,194£1,2720.83910
31/03/17£16,045£17,537£-1,492£336£5,483£1,41515700
31/03/16£20,924£17,412£3,511£398£6,586£9710.73660
31/03/15£13,204£14,275£-1,071£409£2,897£7130.63930
31/03/14£14,374£12,998£1,376£418£3,967£7580.73710
31/03/13*£8,339£9,468£-1,129£302£2,591£5070.63770
31/03/12*£9,396£8,782£614£331£3,720£6410.94410
31/03/11£8,157£7,343£814£358£3,106£4530.74410
31/03/10£7,182£6,969£212£423£2,293£5150.94590
31/03/09£6,284£6,890£-606£547£2,081£5150.94600
31/03/08£6,102£5,403£699£490£2,687£2750.63820
31/03/07£5,550£5,547£3£449£1,988£1970.43240
31/03/06£5,482£4,987£495£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£3,939£3,716£223£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£3,956£3,414£542£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 33%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.9
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Burma, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Laos, Namibia, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Vietnam,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 446 employees
  • 100 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Humanitarian Support for Conflict Displaced Population in Kachin and Northern Shan
£602,697 01/04/2020
To deliver more and higher quality services and better health now and in the long term. It will prevent over 2,800 women dying in pregnancy or childbirth, safely deliver 69,500 babies, provide 1 ....more
Comic Relief - Improving Malaria Prevention And Control Together (IMPACT)
£415,095 19/07/2017
36
This project will improve access to malaria care for people in remote rural communities who do not currently use services. This may be due to distance, a lack of knowledge, or due to health workers ....more
Comic Relief - Crossborder Response for Overlooked, Stigmatized Sub-populations in Laos & Cambodia (CROSS)
£1,000,000 08/05/2017
30
People who live and work in forested areas of the Cambodia-Laos border are at high risk of malaria. The forest terrain is ideal for the spread of malaria, and the nature of how people earn a living ....more
Comic Relief - Welbodi Women Northern Bombali Project
£484,870 16/03/2016
36
Sierra Leone has exceptionally high numbers of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth. Bombali is one of its poorest and most remote districts. The 2014 Ebola emergency disrupted a previous maternal ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Healthier Indigenous women and newborns, Nicaragua
£505,000 22/12/2014
48
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Mothers Own Their Health Education & Rights
£411,472 02/10/2014
36
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Wise Welbodi Women Project (WWW)
£542,238 18/12/2013
36
This project, based in the Northern Bombali district of Sierra Leone (SL), will focus on community and cultural issues that affect sexual and reproductive health (SRH). It
National Lottery Community Fund - Maya Mothers and Children
£285,556 24/06/2013
36
This project, based in four municipalities in the departments of Totonicapán and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, aims to improve maternal and newborn health of the K'iche' and Maya indigenous people ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Preah Vihear Primary Healthcare Project
£502,700 25/10/2012
48
This project will promote the health rights of marginalised communities by addressing reproductive, maternal and child health issues. It will raise awareness of child nutrition and help mothers and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Pastoralist Health Development Project 2
£503,500 05/10/2011
48
This UK-based charity will use funding for a project providing vital maternal and child health services for livestock-rearing communities based in the Hamer, Dassenach and Dollo Ado districts of ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 39-77
  • OLIVER KEMP (Chair) Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 06/11/1984, number: 290535
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/08/1984, number: 01837621
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 2 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

Health Limited
Suite 2
23-24
Great James Street
LONDON

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, OF COMMUNITIES WHO RECEIVE LITTLE OR NO EXTERNAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND/OR CONFLICT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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