THE HEARN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1118490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

the charity makes donations to organisations working with underprivileged children and also to organisations working in the Arts.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £11,563,054, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to two years of charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Mr P Hearn (100% of income)

“During 2025 the Trust received donations of £2,645,412 (2024 £378,455) from Mr P Hearn, £645,187 (2024 £490,612) from OPD Group Limited, a company controlled by Mr P Hearn and a donation of £775,000 from Ms F Robinson”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: approximately two years of charitable expenditure (held: £11.6m)

“The current reserves policy of theTrusteesistomaintainfreereservesintheunrestrictedfundslevelwhichequates to approximately two years of charitable expenditure taking account of average annual expenditure over the previous3years.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Mr P Hearn and OPD Group Limited (controlled by Mr P Hearn)

“During 2025 the Trust received donations of £2,645,412 (2024 £378,455) from Mr P Hearn, £645,187 (2024 £490,612) from OPD Group Limited, a company controlled by Mr P Hearn and a donation of £775,000 from Ms F Robinson”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from Ms F Robinson (Trustee)

“During 2025 the Trust received donations of £2,645,412 (2024 £378,455) from Mr P Hearn, £645,187 (2024 £490,612) from OPD Group Limited, a company controlled by Mr P Hearn and a donation of £775,000 from Ms F Robinson”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lincoln Brown & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£37

Reserves (reported)

£11.6m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~60.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Francesca Robinson
JOHN GULIO PIKE
MICHAEL ROBERT FREDERICK HEARN
PETER JOHN HEARN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£4.4m	£2.3m
31/12/2024	£882k	£786k
31/12/2023	£943k	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£2k	£333k
31/12/2021	£124	£285k

Common questions

Is THE HEARN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £11,563,054, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of maintaining reserves equivalent to two years of charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and the independent auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lincoln Brown & Co Limited.

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 TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

THE HEARTH FOUNDATION income £133k
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation income £490k
THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £884k
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED income £286k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HEARN FOUNDATION	£4.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HEARTH FOUNDATION FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trevor Hemmings Foundation FY2025	£490k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2024	£884k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BANHAM FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£286k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION FY2025	£632k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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