HARVARD GLOBAL FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1200419 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancing learning, research, and education, in particular at Harvard University, and such other exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may determine.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £4,001,638, while expenditure rose sharply to £4,203,525, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to cover administration costs for one year, though unrestricted funds are currently in deficit. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year (held: £848k)
“It is the Trust's policy to retain sufficient reserves to cover administration costs and commitments for a period of one year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Harvard Global Foundation Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£4.2m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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
30/06/2025£4.0m£4.2m
30/06/2024£1.3m£453k
30/06/2023£258k£51k
30/06/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is HARVARD GLOBAL FOUNDATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased significantly to £4,001,638, while expenditure rose sharply to £4,203,525, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a reserves policy to cover administration costs for one year, though unrestricted funds are currently in deficit. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARVARD GLOBAL UK.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
HARVARD GLOBAL FOUNDATION LIMITED£4.0m—0unclear—no doubt
HARVARD GLOBAL UK FY2025£177k——above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY FY2024£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025£1.0m—0above—no doubt
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£7.6m—0unclear—no doubt
ASTON VILLA FOUNDATION FY2025£2.9m——unclear—no doubt

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