The William Harvey Research Foundation

Analysis

The William Harvey Research Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02472965). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The William Harvey Research Foundation reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.4m (+111%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 William Harvey Research Foundation 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcis (£2.4m), Charity for Roman Catholic Purposes Administered in Connection with the Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters (Littlehampton) (£2.4m) and Oxfordshire Youth (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 86%, charitable activities 11% and donations and legacies 2.8%. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £424k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.