THE HELVELLYN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1190948 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Helvellyn Foundation is an independent grant-making foundation that is funded by the Holmes family. It provides grants to organisations that contribute to its vision of a world where nature is thriving and everyone cares for it. It was founded in March 2020 by Bill Holmes and his two daughters Lauren and Becky.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £207,797 as of 5 April 2025, a decrease from £365,687 in the prior year. The document does not disclose a reserves policy target or specific financial health risks beyond the standard going concern statement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lauren Rosie Gupta
• Rebecca Holmes
• William Stanley Holmes

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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