The Helvellyn Foundation

Analysis

The Helvellyn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wilmslow. It was registered in August 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Helvellyn Foundation reported income of £750k and spending of £908k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £188k to £750k (+300%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Helvellyn Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% 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 William Allen Young Charitable Trust (£741k), Keswick to Barrow Walk (£755k) and Aeonian Foundation (£734k).

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