The Michael Heller Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Michael Heller Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1988, 38 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 May 2025, The Michael Heller Charitable Foundation reported income of £271k and spending of £183k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income fell from £387k to £271k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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 Heller Charitable Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blakey Foundation (£271k), The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust (£271k) and The Revere Charitable Trust (£271k).