The Ron Hellyer Foundation

Analysis

The Ron Hellyer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2026, The Ron Hellyer Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £13k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £22k to £13k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Ron Hellyer Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gambia Education Project (£13k), 3d Church (£13k) and Christ Arrival International Church (£13k).