bp Helios Fund

Analysis

bp Helios Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesex. It was registered in July 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, bp Helios Fund reported income of £10.1m and spending of £943k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £10.1m (+41503%), an average of +352% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 8215%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, bp Helios Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Freeways (£10.1m), The Sheiling Special Education Trust (£10.1m) and Centre for Homelessness Impact (£10.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.2%. Reserves of £11.0m would cover about 137 months of spending at that rate.