The Max Perutz Fund

Analysis

The Max Perutz Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06876186). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Max Perutz Fund reported income of £390k and spending of £140k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £343k to £390k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 38% 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 Max Perutz Fund sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hindu Cultural Resource Centre Sandwell (£390k), Trust Property Held in Connexion with the Dasmesh Sikh Temple Committee (£390k) and Rafah International (£390k).