The Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The foundation's themes are palliative care, rare diseases, scientific education and community support, and it describes its aim as global health equity, so work in those areas is the clearest fit.
- It does not fund requests, proposals or sponsorship submitted without a prior invitation, so a cold application is not the way in; use the contact shown to get in touch first and ask whether it would welcome a conversation.
- No grant range is stated, so there is no published guide to size, and any request should be based on what your project needs and tested in that first conversation.
- It describes ongoing dialogue with organisations able to deploy donations and expects good-quality applications and reporting from grantees, which suggests relationships matter more here than an open call.
- No geographic focus is stated, and the annual report shows grants mainly in Cambridge, which describes where it has given so far rather than who may apply.
Overview
The Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1183715).
The Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation exists mainly to help educate individuals about health issues and prevent sickness, primarily impacting people in the developing world. It works through three main focus areas: Palliative Care, Rare Diseases, and Education & Research. It describes its work as advancing global health equity, and it makes funding available to laboratories, academic institutions and organisations rather than carrying out direct activities itself. Its annual giving is £6,076,387.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation says it advances global health equity through palliative care, rare diseases and scientific education. Its stated work includes expanding access to palliative care, supporting care, research and treatment development for rare and neglected conditions, and training healthcare professionals while funding medical innovation. It also describes community projects supporting vulnerable populations. The foundation provides donations and funding to laboratories and academic institutions, and to projects supporting global health through knowledge; it makes funding available to organisations rather than carrying out direct activities. Its focus includes educating people about health and preventing sickness, primarily impacting people in the developing world. It describes ongoing dialogue with organisations and institutions able to deploy donations towards these objectives.
Themes
- Palliative care
- Rare diseases
- Scientific education
- Community support
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Cambridge.
What they don't fund
- Requests, funding proposals, sponsorship, personal aid or requests to participate in its programmes that are submitted without a prior invitation from the Foundation
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The foundation maintains ongoing dialogue with organisations and institutions able to deploy donations towards its objectives.
- The foundation expects good-quality applications and reporting from organisations receiving grants.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
- Cambridge
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to The Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Christ's College Cambridge£5,000,000year to 31 December 2024
- Cambridge University£950,000year to 31 December 2024
- Living Human Heritage£89,015year to 31 December 2024
- The Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Programme for India£10,855year to 31 December 2024
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£26,517).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £29,245,463 | £28,785,165 | £28,759,796 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £2,992,796 | £200,563 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £9,964,355 | £13,221,529 | £200,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,630,790 | £1,270,103 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £7,258,062 | £6,317,760 | £6,076,387 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2020; year to 31 December 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- yfhfoundation.org · read on 30 October 2026
- yfhfoundation.org/privacy-policy · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- foundation@yfhfoundation.orgsource
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Contact
- foundation@yfhfoundation.orgsource
- Av. Del Cosmos s/n, Benalmadena, Málaga (Spain)source
- yfhfoundation.org