Heard Organisation Limited

Registered charity 1165237 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ON ROAD LTD, ON ROAD MEDIA

Interactions that bring together media professionals with projects' beneficiaries;Training beneficiaries to create their own media / necessary skills and confidence to engage with the media;Collaboration over content with media professionals;Peer support and regular mentoring to beneficiaries to know boundaries and make informed decisions about how and when they will engage with the media.

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Latest income
£929k
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £184,829 for the year, primarily because grant funding received in the prior year was expended in the current period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £386,843, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months of running costs, representing four months of cover. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient free reserves to manage potential shortfalls and continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (95% of income)
“The charity’s main source of income continues to be from grants received from charitable trusts and foundations: 2025 £883,810”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three to six months of running costs (held: £387k)
“For 2025-26, the board agreed that the most appropriate level reserves is an amount that equates to between three (£225,000) and six (£450,000) months running costs for the organisation.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sedulo Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income
£929k
Total spending
£1.1m
Cost of raising funds
£35k
Reserves (reported)
£387k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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
31/10/2025£929k£1.1m
31/10/2024£1.4m£1.1m
31/10/2023£1.2m£913k
31/10/2022£918k£825k
31/10/2021£757k£614k

Common questions

Is Heard Organisation Limited financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £184,829 for the year, primarily because grant funding received in the prior year was expended in the current period. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £386,843, which is within the stated policy target of three to six months of running costs, representing four months of cover. The trustees confirmed that the charity has sufficient free reserves to manage potential shortfalls and continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sedulo Audit Limited.

Who funds Heard Organisation Limited?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Heard Organisation Limited as a grant recipient include THE TRUE COLOURS TRUST, FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION, JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION, THE MARK LEONARD TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2024£437kTowards its work to change how people talk about and support children’s palliative care, to make it better for families; and towards its work to create flagship
FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£150kExploring how narrative change can shift perceptions of the economy
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATIONFY2022£75kTowards the costs of their “Angles: A Different Take on Sexual and Domestic Abuse” project to improve media coverage of sexual abuse and domestic violence.
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATIONFY2023£67kTalking About Poverty
THE MARK LEONARD TRUSTFY2022£50kTowards the strategic climate change communications project.
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50kTowards delivering its strategic climate change communications project.
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2025£34kA two-year grant of £17,000 per year towards the Climate Stories that Work project
THE AURORA TRUSTFY2022£30kTowards delivering its strategic climate change communications project.
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£29kDecent living standards
THE RODDICK FOUNDATIONFY2023£28kMedia Movers work
THE TRUE COLOURS TRUSTFY2022£25kTowards a new pilot, ‘Talking about Children’s Palliative Care’ to improve understanding of children’s palliative care amongst healthcare professionals.
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2022£18kCommunications Providing on-line training for strategic communications and narrative change work
THE LANKELLYCHASE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5kComms strategic

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust27/01/2026£35kA grant to Heard Organisation Limited
A B Charitable Trust01/12/2025£25kA grant to Heard Organisation Limited
A B Charitable Trust16/12/2024£25kA grant to Heard
A B Charitable Trust27/08/2024£4kA grant to Heard
A B Charitable Trust12/10/2023£25kA grant to Heard
A B Charitable Trust06/10/2022£20kA grant to On Road Media
Barrow Cadbury Trust09/07/2022£75kMedia Movers 2022-2025
Unbound Philanthropy20/06/2022£75kGrant to Heard Organisation Limited
UK government22/10/2021£34kCulture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch18/03/2021£100kOn Road Media
City Bridge Foundation28/11/2019£120kGrant to Heard
Barrow Cadbury Trust13/07/2019£75kMedia Movers North
Unbound Philanthropy31/01/2019£150kGrant to Heard Organisation Limited
City Bridge Foundation23/11/2017£80kGrant to Heard
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2016£10kAll About Trans: Transgender healthcare and the media

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 CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Heard Organisation Limited£929k——within—no doubt
CHILDREN HEARD AND SEEN FY2025£579k——unclear—no doubt
PEOPLE'S VOICE MEDIA FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE UNHEARD VOICES TRUST FY2024£776k—0unclear—no doubt
PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025£221k—0above278156.0%no doubt
ACTION FOR DEAFNESS FY2024£2.4m——above—no doubt

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