Helen Bamber Foundation

Analysis

Helen Bamber Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08186281). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Helen Bamber Foundation reported income of £4.7m and spending of £4.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £4.7m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Helen Bamber Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (£4.7m), The Goodman Foundation (£4.7m) and Age UK Northamptonshire (£4.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80% and charitable activities 20%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 13%. Reserves of £829k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.