The Michael Kirk and Noreen Blyth-Whitelock Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Michael Kirk and Noreen Blyth-Whitelock Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2023, 3 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Michael Kirk and Noreen Blyth-Whitelock Charitable Foundation reported income of £4.4m and spending of £111k, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2024 to March 2025, income grew from £6,004 to £4.4m (+72817%), an average of +72817% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 72817%. Over the whole period it spent 2.5% 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 Michael Kirk and Noreen Blyth-Whitelock Charitable 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 Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest Ltd (£4.4m), Communities First Wessex (£4.4m) and Bederech Kovod (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4.3m. Charitable activities took 60% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £50k. Reserves of £4.2m would cover about 323 months of spending at that rate.