Dr Topham's Research Fund

Analysis

Dr Topham's Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Dr Topham's Research Fund reported income of £58k and spending of £158k, spending 272% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £44k to £58k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 230% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dr Topham's Research Fund sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Apollos Clothing (£58k), The Centre for All Families Positive Health (Cafph) (£58k) and Michael and Sarah Spencer Foundation (£58k).

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.