The Graham Kirkham Foundation

Analysis

The Graham Kirkham Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02573955). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Graham Kirkham Foundation reported income of £252k and spending of £277k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £1,006 to £252k (+24908%), an average of +298% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 31065%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Graham Kirkham Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kaye Charitable Trust (£252k), Savannah Charitable Trust (£252k) and Merriman Charitable Foundation (£251k).