THE HARKNESS FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1183587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education, Health and saving of lives

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PROMOTION OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES,THE ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE OR SCIENCE,THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION OR RECONCILIATION, OR THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS OR RACIAL HARMONY OR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY,THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT,THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE,AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE LAW AS CHARITABLE.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £862, having spent more on charitable activities than it received in donations. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. The charity holds no cash reserves, as its only asset was cash which has been depleted by expenditure.

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 3 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARIA PHILIPPA ARABELLA HARKNESSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• EDWARD WILLIAM MAREK HARKNESS
• FRANCESCA MARIA HARKNESS
• Gabriella Maria Harkness
• Henry Daniel James Webb
• LETITIA MARIA HARKNESS

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

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Income and spending

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