THE HORIZON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1169379 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting the education of women, children and young people, in particular from refugee communities in the Middle East and Asia. Relief of financial and other hardships of women, children and young people, particularly from refugee communities listed above. Any other charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales in any part of the world and in such manner as the trustees think fit.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £114,804 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in free reserves of £322,237. The trustees confirm that reserves represent approximately nine months of budgeted costs, aligning with their stated policy to hold six months of costs in reserve. The charity relies on substantial donations from its Founders and other donors to meet its commitments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PATRICK LANCE SMULDERSchair
• Clair Buckingham
• Ondine Smulders

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

Operates in: Bosnia And Herzegovina · Canada · India · Jordan · Lebanon · Netherlands · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Syria · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALK TO THE HORIZON LIMITED.

• WALK TO THE HORIZON LIMITED income £1.4m
• HORIZON CARE AND WELFARE ASSOCIATION income £1.4m
• THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION income £1.3m
• HOPE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION income £398k
• HORIZON LIFE TRAINING income £241k
• THE POINT FOUNDATION income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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