The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation reported income of £1.1m and spending of £5.2m, spending 480% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.1m (-15%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 463% 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 Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Growing Space (£1.1m), The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust General Charity (£1.1m) and National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.5m. Reserves of £74.9m would cover about 171 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 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.