Edith Murphy Foundation

Analysis

Edith Murphy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Edith Murphy Foundation reported income of £997k and spending of £1.3m, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £593k to £997k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Edith Murphy Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk Deaf Association (Nda) (£997k), Ubuntu Pathways (£998k) and North Lincolnshire Mind (£996k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £36.5m would cover about 323 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.