THE HARRIS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1207962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

TO PROVIDE GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£4k
Latest spending
£16k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received anticipated funding of £167k and made grants of £11k, resulting in unrestricted cash reserves of £158k. The trustees report that no further incoming funds are currently anticipated and no fundraising activities are foreseen. The funds are held in interest-bearing bank accounts.

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.

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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£4k£16k
31/03/2025£169k£11k

Common questions

Is THE HARRIS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity received anticipated funding of £167k and made grants of £11k, resulting in unrestricted cash reserves of £158k. The trustees report that no further incoming funds are currently anticipated and no fundraising activities are foreseen. The funds are held in interest-bearing bank accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE HARRIS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HARRIS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST, MUSIC FOR ALL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JENIFFER AND JONATHAN HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£14k
MUSIC FOR ALLFY2024£4kSpecific grant within restricted funds

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HARRIS FOUNDATION£4k—0unclear—no doubt
HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARRIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARRIS CHARITY FY2025£145k—0above—no doubt
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£163k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MAURICE FRY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt

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