HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP
Registered charity 1127049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
HQIP aims to improve health outcomes by enabling those who commission, deliver and receive healthcare to measure and improve healthcare services. HQIP works in partnership with patients and healthcare professionals to influence and improve healthcare practice. We commission, manage and develop the national clinical audit and patient outcomes programme on behalf of NHS England.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that HQIP reported total income of £21,976,055 and a net income of £1,943,196 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The charity held free unrestricted reserves of £3,322,798, which the trustees noted were slightly above their stated policy target of six to twelve months' operating commitments. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six to twelve months’ operating commitments (held: £3.3m)
“The current policy is that the level of free reserves should be equivalent to six to twelve months’ operating commitments (forecast at £1,615,990 to £3,231,979 in 2025-26).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Dame Celia Ingham Clark — Chair (source)
- Chris Gush — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Chris Boulton — Director of Operations, National Joint Registry (NJR) (source)
- Glenn Hearnden — Director of Corporate Services (source)
- Jill Stoddart — Director of Operations (NCAPOP) (source)
- Professor Tom Wilkinson — Medical Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- NHS England — “The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is an independent charity that manages the largest national clinical audit and outcome…” (source page)
- Welsh Government — “The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is an independent charity that manages the largest national clinical audit and outcome…” (source page)
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
- Alison Jane Dreaper
- Claire Coomber
- Dr Celia Louise Ingham Clark
- Dr Jacqueline Andrews
- Gillian Edwina Coverdale
- Janice Anne Gabriel
- Mark Richard Hampton · trustee of 1 other charity
- Peter Samir Bloomfield
- Rachana Vyas
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HEALTHCARE QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that HQIP reported total income of £21,976,055 and a net income of £1,943,196 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The charity held free unrestricted reserves of £3,322,798, which the trustees noted were slightly above their stated policy target of six to twelve months' operating commitments. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
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