THE HARGRAVE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1106524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Generating income from the Foundation's endowment funds and making charitable and philanthropic donations out of the income.

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Latest income
£174k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £6,174,750, comprising unrestricted funds of £503,135 and endowment funds of £5,671,615. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity generated a net incoming resource of £1,049,701 for the year, largely driven by investment gains.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee
“We received a donation of £625,000 (including associated Gift Aid) from one of the Trustees, to be applied to the Foundation’s endowment.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£622k
Total spending
£130k
Reserves (reported)
£395k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~36.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£174k£161k
31/03/2025£164k£136k
31/03/2024£158k£107k
31/03/2023£153k£135k
31/03/2022£622k£130k

Common questions

Is THE HARGRAVE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £6,174,750, comprising unrestricted funds of £503,135 and endowment funds of £5,671,615. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity generated a net incoming resource of £1,049,701 for the year, largely driven by investment gains. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION1£500k
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED1£314k
THE TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HARGRAVE FOUNDATION£174k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025£463k—0above—no doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION FY2025£1.3m£110,001 - £120,000—above—no doubt
THE GENERATIONAL FOUNDATION FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE WYNDHAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt

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