THE HOOVER FOUNDATION

Registered charity 200274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE HOOVER FOUNDATION SUPPORTS REGISTERED UK CHARITIES IN WALES, ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, PARTICULARLY IN THE HOOVER LOCATIONS IE GLASGOW, SOUTH WALES AND BOLTON. THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£103k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £4,159,230, with the trustees considering these assets adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations. The charity reported a net movement in fund of £150,346, driven by investment gains, while total expenditure remained low at £36,636. The trustees confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (100% of income)

“Income from: Investments Investment income 4 102,634”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Lawrence Edwards-Smajda
Matthew Given

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

Operates in: Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£103k	£37k
30/09/2024	£99k	£20k
30/09/2023	£66k	£15k
30/09/2022	£91k	£31k
30/09/2021	£97k	£19k

Common questions

Is THE HOOVER FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £4,159,230, with the trustees considering these assets adequate to fulfil the charity's obligations. The charity reported a net movement in fund of £150,346, driven by investment gains, while total expenditure remained low at £36,636. The trustees confirmed the use of the going concern basis of accounting with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Parry Group Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION.

THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION income £190k
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £18.5m
UKH FOUNDATION income £119k
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS income £254k
THE HELPING FOUNDATION income £34.8m
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION income £632k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOOVER FOUNDATION	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SUPPORT FOUNDATION FY2025	£190k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2024	£18.5m	—	1	below	—	no doubt
UKH FOUNDATION FY2024	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024	£254k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HELPING FOUNDATION FY2024	£34.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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