THE HARRISON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1119946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Harrison Foundation expanded on its commitment to equality of opportunity. Recommended charities were supported as follows:Beacon of Light Education Centre National Social Mobility Pledge NE Youth Duke of Edinburgh Award Princes Trust Big Issue Magazine Denton Youth and Community Project Loftus Community Hub

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The Harrison Foundation reported unrestricted free reserves of £17,112,264 at the year end, a decrease from the previous year's £17,486,343. The charity generated investment income of £644,484 but incurred a net deficit of £374,079 due to charitable expenditure of £870,909 and investment losses. The trustees confirmed the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Sunshine Fund — “The Harrison Foundation was proud to support The Sunshine Fund’s Question of Sport fundraising evening this month, which raised an incredibl…” (source page)
• Sick Children’s Trust — “Families staying at Scott House in Newcastle are now benefiting from newly refurbished bathroom facilities following a £25,000 donation from…” (source page)
• St Cuthbert’s Hospice — “Patients and families at St Cuthbert’s Hospice in Durham are benefiting from new clinical equipment funded by the Harrison Foundation, follo…” (source page)
• Cornerstone Benwell — “The Harrison Foundation visited Cornerstone Benwell this week to see first-hand the impact of last year’s donation and to meet with the team…” (source page)
• NE Youth — “The 2025 Young Leaders Programme, delivered by North East charity NE Youth and funded by the Harrison Foundation, was a great success, helpi…” (source page)

Electoral Commission register entries

Entries on the Electoral Commission’s public register where this charity (or its company) appears as the source — typically sponsorship of an APPG or an overseas visit provided to an MP, which charities may lawfully do. Shown with the Commission’s own reference; this is a transparency record, not an allegation.

• Cash: Ian Levy (MP - Member of Parliament) — £2k · 25/07/2023 · ref C0570562

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~235.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DANIEL GEORGE HARRISON
• DAVID GEORGE HARRISON
• SYLVIA LORENA HARRISON

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED.

• THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £884k
• THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k
• PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION income £3.1m
• THE HAINSFORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £153k
• FOUNDATION OF LIGHT income £5.6m
• THE HISCOX FOUNDATION income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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