Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund

Analysis

Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, 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 April 2025, Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund reported income of £2.2m and spending of £6.8m, spending 307% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.2m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 248% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Edward Penley Abraham Research Fund sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uptime Catalyst Facility (£2.2m), Headway Birmingham & Solihull (£2.2m) and Generate Opportunities Ltd (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 99%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.1m. Reserves of £153.4m would cover about 267 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.