HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK
Registered charity 1158700 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HUBBUB · also registered in Scotland as SC050943 (OSCR)
TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT BY INCREASING PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR WHICH IS NOT HARMFUL TO MAN OR OTHER LIVING SPECIES AND TO PLANETARY ECOLOGY.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £12,345,678 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Baker Tilly UK LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hubbub Foundation UK (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Heather Poore — Creative Director (source)
- Gavin Ellis — Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£244k
Reported reserves equal ~3.6 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 (71% 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: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Richard Anton Lackmannchair
- DEBORAH MICHELLE LUFFMAN
- Dan Smith
- Dr Elizabeth Claire Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
- Dulce Pedroso
- Emma Hawtin
- Jack Paul Taylor
- Louisa Ziane · trustee of 1 other charity
- Michaela Hall
- Samuel Laurence McCarthy
- Stephanie Hayden Lambert
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds were £12,345,678 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Baker Tilly UK LLP.
Who funds HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK as a grant recipient include JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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