The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation reported income of £296k and spending of £320k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £225k to £296k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Assembly House Trust (£295k), Stone Nest (£296k) and The Station Building, Mytholmroyd (£295k).

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.