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THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO

Registered charity 1171401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to assist the public performance of contemporary music.Support for independent musicological research

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Latest income
£605k
Latest spending
£276k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds a significant investment portfolio valued at £5,584,228, which serves as its primary asset base. While unrestricted general reserves showed a deficit of £44,526 at year-end, this was rectified by a transfer from designated funds, resulting in total net assets of £5,555,702. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£605k
Total spending
£276k
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reserves (reported)
£474
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom 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: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£605k£276k
31/12/2024£250k£206k
31/12/2023£30k£56k
31/12/2022£0£0
31/12/2021£0£0

Common questions

Is THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds a significant investment portfolio valued at £5,584,228, which serves as its primary asset base. While unrestricted general reserves showed a deficit of £44,526 at year-end, this was rectified by a transfer from designated funds, resulting in total net assets of £5,555,702. The trustees confirm the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
MAECENAS1£140k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY1£25k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND1£10k
THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN VOLUNTARY ACTION1£6k
THE VERNON ELLIS FOUNDATION1£3k
THE CARRINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION CIO£605k—0unclear—no doubt
The Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation FY2024£895k——unclear—no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025£463k—0above—no doubt
THE TOMPKINS FOUNDATION FY2025£397k—0above—no doubt
CONTINUO FOUNDATION FY2024£330k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEARN FOUNDATION FY2025£4.4m—0above—no doubt

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