Helen Nilsen Fund

Analysis

Helen Nilsen Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in February 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Helen Nilsen Fund reported income of £23k and spending of £22k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £16k to £23k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Helen Nilsen Fund sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hempsted Village Hall (£23k), The Lucy and Henry Cohen Charitable Trust (£23k) and G R Waters Charitable Trust 2000 (£23k).