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THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1139823 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide advice, support and relief for anyone suffering from any serious injury or disability which has arisen from any cause, but in particular, young people as a result of participating in sport.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources reached £1,700,383 against total expenditure of £1,587,708, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves were reported at £411,290, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of maintaining six months of ongoing costs. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“There was one employee whose annual remuneration fell within the £80,001-£90,000 band” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“There was one employee whose annual remuneration fell within the £80,001-£90,000 band” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

GET BUSY LEARNING LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
  • Equity: £1k
  • Average employees: 0.03
GET BUSY LEARNING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Amounts owed to group undertakings: £64,282

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Matt Hampson Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£534k
Reserves (reported)
£411k
Employees
20

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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: 31.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.7m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.6m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.7m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.2m
31/03/2021£690k£557k

Common questions

Is THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted incoming resources reached £1,700,383 against total expenditure of £1,587,708, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves were reported at £411,290, which the trustees confirmed met their policy target of maintaining six months of ongoing costs. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include BRUCE WAKE CHARITY, THE SYNCONA FOUNDATION, THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, The Barratt Redrow Foundation, LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BRUCE WAKE CHARITYFY2025£70k
THE SYNCONA FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
The Barratt Redrow FoundationFY2022£20kMonthly grants programme
THE SYNCONA FOUNDATIONFY2022£17kOther charities
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£13k
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
LORD BARNBY'S FOUNDATIONFY2024£500
THE PRIORY FOUNDATIONFY2025£400
THE GORDON SANDERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£300
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable TrustFY2022£200General Charitable Purposes

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
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1—
ST. JAMES'S PLACE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£305k
THE KAYS FOUNDATION1£300k
THE ALTENBURG FOUNDATION1£256k
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION1£200k
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire1£110k
PROJECT GIVING BACK1£82k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST1£51k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Hoops Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MATT HAMPSON FOUNDATION£1.7m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
The Hoops Foundation FY2025£251k—0unclear—noted
RFU INJURED PLAYERS FOUNDATION FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
HARTLEPOOL UNITED COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOUNDATION FY2025£3.2m£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
THE ARSENAL FOUNDATION FY2025£625k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt

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