The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation

Analysis

The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation reported income of £618k and spending of £1.8m, spending 286% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £417k to £618k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 250% 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 Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Good Deeds Foundation (In Memory of Maher Farid Irsheid) (£617k), Iceni Ipswich (£618k) and Time and Talents Association (£616k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 5.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £409k. Reserves of £31.2m would cover about 207 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.