THE HELPING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1104484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To pursue the objects of the charity with all resources available to the charity.

Objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIONIII) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG THE ELDERLY OR PERSONS IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£23.9m
Latest spending
£13.5m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £414,030,759 at the year end, representing a net decrease from the previous year due to investment revaluation losses and charitable expenditures. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with significant investment property assets generating rental income and lease surrender premiums. Governance costs were minimal relative to the scale of charitable grants paid out, and no employees received remuneration above £60,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

    Total income
    £23.9m
    Total spending
    £13.5m
    Cost of raising funds
    £1.4m
    Reserves (reported)
    £414.0m
    Employees
    0

    Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

    Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

    Trustees · trustee networks

    Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

    Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£23.9m£13.5m
    31/12/2024£34.8m£16.1m
    31/12/2023£25.8m£18.9m
    31/12/2022£21.1m£17.6m
    31/12/2021£35.7m£19.1m

    Common questions

    Is THE HELPING FOUNDATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £414,030,759 at the year end, representing a net decrease from the previous year due to investment revaluation losses and charitable expenditures. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with significant investment property assets generating rental income and lease surrender premiums. Governance costs were minimal relative to the scale of charitable grants paid out, and no employees received remuneration above £60,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co.

    Who funds THE HELPING FOUNDATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HELPING FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD.

    Shared trustees with funders

    Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£5k

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
    PETER STORMONTH DARLING CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k
    MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL1£2k

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE HELPING FOUNDATION£23.9m—0unclear—no doubt
    PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
    SERVING HUMANITY FOUNDATION FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
    I Human Foundation FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
    AID THE NEEDY FY2025£104k—0unclear—no doubt
    M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt

    Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.