The Matt Hampson Foundation

Analysis

The Matt Hampson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Melton Mowbray. It was registered in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Matt Hampson Foundation reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £690k to £1.7m (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 116%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 Matt Hampson Foundation sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Epilepsy Research Institute UK (£1.7m), Indochina Starfish Foundation (£1.7m) and Great Oaks Hospice (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57% and trading 43%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £411k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.