The Michael Bishop Foundation

Analysis

The Michael Bishop Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in October 1987, 39 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Michael Bishop Foundation reported income of £2.8m and spending of £4.5m, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £3.9m to £2.8m (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Michael Bishop Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Claremont Care (Corsham) Limited (£2.8m), Alexander Devine Children's Cancer Trust (£2.8m) and Age Cymru (£2.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 72% and investments 28%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 8.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.0m. Reserves of £48.1m would cover about 127 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.