The Simon Heller Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Simon Heller Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Simon Heller Charitable Settlement reported income of £486k and spending of £466k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £457k to £486k (+6.4%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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 Simon Heller Charitable Settlement sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Grassroots Trust (£486k), SNAPS Yorkshire CIO (£486k) and Activlives (£486k).