HENDY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1180518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hendy Foundation provides grants to local charities in the areas in which Hendy Group Ltd operate, namely Devon, Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, West and East Sussex, Surrey and Kent. We do not support national charities or religious or political activities. Money donated must be spent within the names counties.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF DONATIONS AND GRANTS TO REGISTERED CHARITIES OPERATING WITHIN ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR SURROUNDING AREA IN WHICH THE HENDY GROUP LIMITED (COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER 192872) OR ANY SUCCESSOR TO THE HENDY GROUP LIMITED IS LOCATED ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT").PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE HENDY FOUNDATION SHALL NOT SUPPORT POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS CHARITIES OR CHARITIES THAT WORK OUTSIDE OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Eastleigh, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£68k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Hendy Foundation received £68,438 in donations during the year, a decrease from the previous year's £56,146, largely due to receiving no donations from its primary donor, Hendy Group Ltd. The charity spent £61,408 on grants and held unrestricted reserves of £11,202.60 at year-end, with trustees expressing confidence in maintaining future fund distributions despite the challenging fundraising environment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain a small reserve (held: £11k)
“The full balance will be carried forward to fund grants, extremely modest running costs and a provision to maintain a small reserve (see below).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hendy Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£68k£68k
31/12/2024£56k£96k
31/12/2023£108k£68k
31/12/2022£87k£99k
31/12/2021£56k£53k

Common questions

Is HENDY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Hendy Foundation received £68,438 in donations during the year, a decrease from the previous year's £56,146, largely due to receiving no donations from its primary donor, Hendy Group Ltd. The charity spent £61,408 on grants and held unrestricted reserves of £11,202.60 at year-end, with trustees expressing confidence in maintaining future fund distributions despite the challenging fundraising environment. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HENDY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HENDY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE PENNIES FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2022£40k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2021£16kGrant to institution
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2023Unverified read£12k
THE PENNIES FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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
Evergreen Care UK1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HENDY FOUNDATION£68k——unclear—no doubt
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£442k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2025£749k—0unclear—no doubt
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt
HENLEY EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HUSSEY FOUNDATION FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt

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