Irwin Mitchell Charities Foundation

Analysis

Irwin Mitchell Charities Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in April 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08031469). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Irwin Mitchell Charities Foundation reported income of £722k and spending of £591k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £773k to £722k (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 242%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Irwin Mitchell Charities Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Smiles Foundation (£722k), The Compass Group Foundation (£722k) and Prosper Wakefield District Ltd (£722k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and charitable activities 4.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.