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PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1076579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Two grant programmes are open to applications:1. Opportunities through Sport - applications accepted from charities throughout the United Kingdom;2. Special Needs and Care for Children and Young People - applications accepted from charities where the beneficiaries are in: Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; Hampshire; Isle of Wight; Kent; Oxfordshire; Surrey; East Sussex; and West Sussex.

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

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£1.9m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,590,002 and total net assets of £56,767,905, with cash balances exceeding grant commitments. The Trustees consider the present mix of investments provides a reasonable balance of returns with an acceptable level of risk, and the auditor confirmed the use of the going concern basis 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

Largest income source: Rental income (40% of income)
“Rental income 1,219,370” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11.6m)
“The reserves at 31 May 2025 were in fact £56,767,905 - a shortfall of £6,854,221.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: PHF Investments Limited
“The Foundation’s wholly owned subsidiary company PHF Investments Limited holds investment properties and loans for property development.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

PHF INVESTMENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.2m
  • Profit before tax: £850k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £1.2m
  • Loan outstanding to parent entity: £29,800,000
“Distribution to parent charity under gift aid”

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£1.9m
Cost of raising funds
£106k
Reserves (reported)
£11.6m
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~75.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£3.1m£1.9m
31/05/2024£2.9m£1.9m
31/05/2023£2.3m£2.3m
31/05/2022£3.1m£1.9m
31/05/2021£3.0m£1.8m

Common questions

Is PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £11,590,002 and total net assets of £56,767,905, with cash balances exceeding grant commitments. The Trustees consider the present mix of investments provides a reasonable balance of returns with an acceptable level of risk, and the auditor confirmed the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION£3.1m——below—no doubt
THE HARRISON FOUNDATION FY2024£644k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2024£884k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PETERS FAMILY FOUNDATION CIO FY2025£243k—0within—no doubt
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION FY2025£632k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATION FY2025£145k—0unclear—material uncertainty

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