H&F Giving

Registered charity 1187649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UNITED IN HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM

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Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:“(A)THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY,(B)THE ADVANCEMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP,(C)THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH,(D)THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND(E)THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO BENEFIT MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY MAKING GRANTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTS “SOCIALLY EXCLUDED” MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.”

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hammersmith and Fulham, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£504k
Latest spending
£492k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £128,448, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £100,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £11,869 for the year, with total income of £503,779 against charitable expenditure of £491,910.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)
“One employee received employee benefits of between than £60,000 and £69,999 (2024: Nil).” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee received employee benefits of between than £60,000 and £69,999 (2024: Nil).” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and grants (76% of income)
“The main source of income for the Charity was council funding, trust and foundations, and individual donations.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months running costs (approximately £100,000) (reserves figure: £128k)
“The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to up to six months running costs, at current expenditure levels this equates to approximately £100,000.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 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 31/03/2025

  • Government income: £234,000 — grants £234,000 (1); 46% of the £503,779 total gross income on the same return
  • 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

  • Government income: £367,000 — grants £367,000 (1); 66% of the £560,086 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Government income: £303,491 — grants £303,491 (2); 65% of the £469,569 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — H&F Giving (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£504k
Total spending
£492k
Reserves (reported)
£128k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£504k£492k
31/03/2024£560k£526k
31/03/2023£470k£419k
31/03/2022£476k£479k
31/03/2021£387k£342k

Common questions

Is H&F Giving financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £128,448, which is above the trustees' policy target of approximately £100,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £11,869 for the year, with total income of £503,779 against charitable expenditure of £491,910. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of H&F Giving earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds H&F Giving?

Funders whose own accounts filings name H&F Giving as a grant recipient include HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMMERSMITH UNITED CHARITIESFY2022£500Towards the cost of providing the H&F Christmas Lunch for the local community

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The Mercers' Company02/07/2026£105kGrant to H&F Giving
City Bridge Foundation10/03/2025£37kGrant to H&F Giving
City Bridge Foundation31/07/2023£125kGrant to H&F Giving
City Bridge Foundation17/06/2020£180kGrant to H&F Giving
City Bridge Foundation23/05/2016£15kGrant to H&F Giving

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 WELWYN HATFIELD FOYER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
H&F Giving£504k£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
THE WELWYN HATFIELD FOYER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£63k—0above—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
HUNSTANTON AND DISTRICT ROUND TABLE 615 CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
SERVING HUMANITY FOUNDATION FY2025£228k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HELPING FOUNDATION FY2025£23.9m—0unclear—no doubt

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