The Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 1973, 53 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 April 2026, The Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation reported income of £35k and spending of £36k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £14k to £35k (+146%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 126% 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 Helen Isabella McMorran Charitable Foundation sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Farnham Institute (£35k), Nether Edge Neighbourhood Group (£36k) and Connaught Hall (£35k).

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.