David Pearlman Charitable Foundation

Analysis

David Pearlman Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1983, 43 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 company (Companies House number 01713103). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, David Pearlman Charitable Foundation reported income of £351k and spending of £291k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £346k to £351k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, David Pearlman Charitable Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Welsh Regimental Welfare and Benevolence Foundation (£351k), Harrow Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Limited (£351k) and Camelford & Week St Mary Methodist Circuit (£351k).