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Registered charity · Middlesex

bp Helios Fund

The object of the charity is the relief and/or prevention of poverty of persons who are currently or were formerly employed by bp p.l.c., or any subsidiary or associated company, and the dependants of such persons.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £14m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: BP Benevolent Fund Trustees Limited.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Linked company
BP Benevolent Fund Trustees Limited
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£14m£15m
  • 2023£2.3m£1.3m
  • 2022£28k£116k
Earlier years
  • 2021£24k£45k
  • 2020£29k£37k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

The object of the charity is the relief and/or prevention of poverty of persons who are currently or were formerly employed by bp p.l.c., or any subsidiary or associated company, and the dependants of such persons.

Board analysis

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£13.8m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 23.2 in 2020

0
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
803778
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 20TH JUNE 1990 AS AMENDED ON 11 DEC 2024 AS AMENDED ON 11 DEC 2024AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 22 MAY 2025
Companies House
Company number 00455852 · Active
Contact on the register
02034014223 · bpheliosfund@bp.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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