The Heritage Foundation

Analysis

The Heritage Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Heritage Foundation reported income of £463k and spending of £321k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £854k to £463k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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 Heritage Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faith Church Ministries Limited (£462k), Jami Masjid and Bangladeshi Islamic Centre Smethwick Limited (£463k) and St Joseph's Family Centre (£462k).