BUPA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1162759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUPA UK FOUNDATION

The Bupa Foundation runs and helps fund practical projects that help to create healthier communities. Our health, and the health of the places we live, are deeply connected. So we help local communities to run projects that look after both.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO:ADVANCE HEALTH OR PREVENT OR RELIEVE SUFFERING; ANDFURTHER ANY OTHER PURPOSE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES (PROVIDED THAT THE CHARITY MAY NOT FURTHER ANY PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT ALSO EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND).

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is solely funded by Bupa and holds unrestricted reserves of £706,300, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future commitments. The charity reports a net income surplus for the year and confirms it is well-placed to manage financial risks on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Stuart Brown — Chair (source)
• Angelique Waker — Co-Vice Chair (source)
• James O'Reilly — CEO (source)
• Anna Russell — 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).

• Bupa UK — “The Bupa Foundation receives its funding entirely from Bupa UK.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angelique Waker · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Neil Kumar Sikka
• Erica Ruth Neve
• James Michael OReilly
• Michelle Smith
• Shweta Narayan
• Stuart Turner Brown
• Yasmin Rabie Ali Mahfouz
• Zelina Harrington-Greenwood

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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