HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1187293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Hallmark Care Homes Foundation invests in the future of care so everyone can age well. The foundation provides grants to charities, researchers, innovators and partnerships to support and develop the care workforce, improve the quality of care, and make care more sustainable and accessible.

Objects

TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AMONG PERSONS WHO ARE CARING FOR OR NURSING OTHERS AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CHRONICALLY SICK OR DISABLED BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND ADVICE FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE.TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR OTHERS, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIESTO ADVANCE HEALTH OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAVING LIVES, MAKE GRANTS OF MONEY OR PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE ORGANISATIONS THAT CONDUCT MEDICAL RESEARCH.TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Basildon, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£358k
Latest spending
£343k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £14,722 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £357,712 and total expenditure of £342,990. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £49,179, and the trustees maintain a policy to hold sufficient unrestricted funds to commit to future activities with confidence. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would suggest the accounts do not comply with applicable requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees’ policy is to maintain its unrestricted funds at a level that allows the charity to commit to future activities with confidence. (reserves figure: £49k)
“The trustees’ policy is to maintain its unrestricted funds at a level that allows the charity to commit to future activities with confidence.” — page 5
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£60,001–£70,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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
31/03/2026£358k£343k
31/03/2025£343k£320k
31/03/2024£259k£261k
31/03/2023£385k£386k
31/12/2021£188k£190k

Common questions

Is HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £14,722 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £357,712 and total expenditure of £342,990. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds increased to £49,179, and the trustees maintain a policy to hold sufficient unrestricted funds to commit to future activities with confidence. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would suggest the accounts do not comply with applicable requirements. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE GOYAL FOUNDATION.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOYAL FOUNDATIONFY2024£57k

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 THE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HALLMARK CARE HOMES FOUNDATION£358k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT TRUST FY2025£62.9m£290,001 - £300,000—unclear—no doubt
HALTON HAVEN HOSPICE FY2025£2.7m——unclear—no doubt
HOWARD GARDEN SOCIAL AND DAY CARE CENTRE FY2025£91k—0unclear—no doubt
CARERS TRUST FY2025£13.0m——above8.0%no doubt
THE NEUMARK FOUNDATION FY2025£422k—0unclear—no doubt

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