THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 803012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support and promote medical research primarily through grants for research on cardiovascular disease, inflammatory disorders, and endocrine or metabolic diseases

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £114,717 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £663,960. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £424,136 exceed the stated policy target of approximately £90,000 (representing 18 months' expenditure). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: William Harvey Research Limited
“The Foundation is the majority shareholder (60%) of William Harvey Research Limited, a company limited by shares and registered in England and Wales.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £2.3m
  • Profit before tax: £170k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £116k
  • Contract research expenditure invoiced by QMUL: £1,776,386
“Owing to the charitable distribution in the year of £115.5k to the reserves of the William Harvey Research Foundation (WHRF), a registered charity and majority shareholder (60%) of the company”

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£340k
Reserves (reported)
£424k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (86% 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: 14.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.4m£2.3m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2021£1.1m£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £114,717 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total net assets increasing to £663,960. Per the trustees' report, free reserves of £424,136 exceed the stated policy target of approximately £90,000 (representing 18 months' expenditure). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

Who funds THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE LORNA AND YUTI CHERNAJOVSKY BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

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
BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION1£1.7m
HEART RESEARCH UK1£60k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WILLIAM HARVEY RESEARCH FOUNDATION£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE WILLIAM HARVEY HOSPITAL FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON HEART HOUSE - FOUNDATION FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FY2025£229k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH CARDIOVASCULAR SOCIETY FY2024£3.3m——unclear—no doubt
THE MAGDI YACOUB INSTITUTE FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
HYPERLIPIDAEMIA EDUCATION & ATHEROSCLEROSIS RESEARCH TRUST UK FY2025£1.9m——within—no doubt

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