The R.l.st.j.harmsworth Memorial Research Fund

Analysis

The R.l.st.j.harmsworth Memorial Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The R.l.st.j.harmsworth Memorial Research Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 20% 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 R.l.st.j.harmsworth Memorial Research Fund sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymouth Intensive Care Charity (£16k), Featherstone and District Community First Responders (£16k) and Village Hall, Elvington (£16k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.