HENRY

Registered charity 1132581 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HENRY is a national charity that is transforming traditional approaches to health through successful intervention at the start of life. Services address child obesity, oral health, infant feeding, parenting and emotional wellbeing. Services include training for early years practitioners and evidence-based family programmes to give children a healthy start in life through a whole-family approach.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.8m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £2,864,004 with a surplus of £59,944 for the year ended March 2025. Free reserves stood at £666,160, representing approximately 3.5 months of unrestricted expenditure, which is within the charity's stated policy target of 3 to 6 months. The charity maintains a positive bank balance and reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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: 3-6 months of operating costs (held: £666k)
“the board agreed to hold between 3-6 months of operating costs in reserves to help provide fluctuations experienced.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — HENRY (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.8m
Cost of raising funds
£88k
Reserves (reported)
£696k
Employees
103

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 3.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.9m£2.8m
31/03/2024£2.8m£2.6m
31/03/2023£2.4m£2.4m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.0m£1.9m

Common questions

Is HENRY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £2,864,004 with a surplus of £59,944 for the year ended March 2025. Free reserves stood at £666,160, representing approximately 3.5 months of unrestricted expenditure, which is within the charity's stated policy target of 3 to 6 months. The charity maintains a positive bank balance and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Ltd.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2022£10kHENRY - Online Support Services
The National Lottery Community Fund06/09/2018£10kHealthy Young Families Oxfordshire
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2016£455kWorking Together For A Healthy Start
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2011£297kHENRY Parent Champions

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HENRY£2.9m——unclear—no doubt
ENRYCH FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt
HEALTH ACTION LOCAL ENGAGEMENT FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
Human Health Education and Research Foundation FY2024£250k—0above—no doubt
HYTHE BAY CHILDREN'S CENTRE FY2025£846k—0unclear—no doubt
FAMILY ACTION FY2025£44.3m£200,001 - £210,000—unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.