THE MARY HARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1002680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of The Mary Hare Foundation are the relief of persons suffering from deafness and the advancement of education amongst the deaf. In practice, the Foundation directs its support towards the deaf children attending the Mary Hare School, Mary Hare Primary School, the Burwood Centre in Newbury and those who benefit from Mary Hare's outreach work (reg. charity 1048386).

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £79,439 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £157,297. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months. Free reserves stood at £9,760, with the trustees noting no need to accrue reserves to maintain running costs as administrative costs are borne by the associated school.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Mary Hare Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• West Berkshire Lottery — “Support the Mary Hare Foundation by entering the West Berkshire Lottery. This local lottery offers great prizes whilst also raising money fo…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 10.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Georgina Lilias Cheyne Woodschair
• Bella Battle
• Camilla Hargreave
• Christopher Lumley
• George Cazenove · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Ward
• Sophie Hume
• Sophie Lewis
• Timothy Mark Polack · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARY HARE.

• MARY HARE income £15.9m
• ST MARY'S HARE PARK SCHOOL income £1.6m
• THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k
• THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATION income £182k
• The Carr Fenton Foundation income £14.4m
• ROYAL SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DERBY income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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