HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1100417 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our Mission is to increase the charitable funding that is available to voluntary organisations and community groups active in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We provide efficient donor and grant making services, which are open, accessible, and user friendly. We build a bridge between people who care about their local community and the wide range of voluntary and community groups needing help.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTIES OF HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND UNITARY AUTHORITIES OF SOUTHAMPTON AND PORTSMOUTH AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS;OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: HAMPSHIRE, THE ISLE OF WIGHT AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£771k

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £589,947, which the trustees state compares favourably to their policy target range of £236,000 to £352,000. Despite an unrestricted deficit of £326,983 for the year, the organization maintains adequate cash resources and is prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees believe the charity is well-placed to manage business risks successfully.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: £70,001 to £80,000 2” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: £70,001 to £80,000 2” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: range of £236k to £352k (reserves figure: £590k)

“The Trustees undertook a thorough exercise to quan fy each area of risk which indicates that for 2025, our policy indicates we need to maintain reserves within the range of £236k to £352k, which compares favourably to our actual reserves of £589k at the end of 2025.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Morris Crocker Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 1
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 04534462

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.

COOPER, Margaret Rachel — director, appointed 13/06/2025not on trustee list
RIVIERE, Amelia Sophie — director, appointed 13/06/2025not on trustee list
STANLEY, Oliver Hugh — director, appointed 07/06/2024on trustee list
HENSMAN, Joshua — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
CHEYNEY, Grace Suzanne Isabel — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
WOOD, Robert Michael — director, appointed 08/06/2023on trustee list
SMITH, Michael John Campbell — director, appointed 25/09/2019on trustee list
BUTWILOWSKA, Krysia Stefania — director, appointed 16/11/2018on trustee list
PUTTY, Hansrode — director, appointed 26/07/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£771k

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£94k

Reserves (reported)

£590k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (56% 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: 12.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (15/02/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (10/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/03/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Amelia Sophie Riviere DL
Grace Cheyney
Joshua Hensman
Kirsty ROWLINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
Krysia Butwilowska
Margaret Rachel Cooper FCA · trustee of 1 other charity
Michael Smith · trustee of 1 other charity
Mx Lucy Tennant
Nicholas Adams-King
Oliver Stanley
Robert Wood
Vanessa Shahani

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Isle Of Wight · Portsmouth City · Southampton City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£771k	£1.3m
31/12/2024	£656k	£1.5m
31/12/2023	£1.0m	£1.8m
31/12/2022	£2.4m	£2.2m
31/12/2021	£1.6m	£2.2m

Common questions

Is HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £589,947, which the trustees state compares favourably to their policy target range of £236,000 to £352,000. Despite an unrestricted deficit of £326,983 for the year, the organization maintains adequate cash resources and is prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees believe the charity is well-placed to manage business risks successfully. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Morris Crocker Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	15/01/2025	£250k	"Past Futures: A People's History of the Isle of Wight"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/09/2011	£10k	"Discovering a lost Rectory in a rural community: a case-study from Hampshire"

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATION	1	£294k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
LOCAL TRUST	1	£108k
THE RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£60k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£33k
THE HAMPSTEAD WELLS AND CAMPDEN TRUST	1	£15k
NEWBY TRUST LIMITED	1	£10k
SIR JEREMIAH COLMAN GIFT TRUST	1	£4k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT.

COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT income £2.0m
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY income £202k
WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION income £2.0m
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN WALES income £3.2m
THE HAMPTON TRUST (HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT) income £1.9m
COMMUNITY ACTION HAMPSHIRE income £936k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	£771k	£70,001 - £80,000	2	above	—	no doubt
COMMUNITY ACTION ISLE OF WIGHT FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST CHARITY FY2025	£202k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN WALES FY2026	£3.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HAMPTON TRUST (HAMPSHIRE AND THE ISLE OF WIGHT) FY2026	£1.9m	£70,001 - £80,000	2	above	—	no doubt

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