The Atlas Fund

Analysis

The Atlas Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in July 1979, 47 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.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Atlas Fund reported income of £95k and spending of £96k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £87k to £95k (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Atlas Fund sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hinton Community Association Limited (£95k), The Sirona Foundation (£95k) and Sparks of Hope (£95k).