THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 264927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION LIMITED

The principal activities of the company and the charity are those of providing relief of poverty, suffering and distress among refugees and other homeless people, the homeless, advancement of education, learning and research, and to make donations to any institution established for charitable purposes according to the law of England and Wales.

Objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AMONGST REFUGEES, HOMELESS AND DISPLACED PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION LEARNING AND RESEARCH OF PERSONS AND STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND NATIONALITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF THIS RESEARCH. (C) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO ANY INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £20,349,190, with £6,020,732 in liquid cash balances sufficient to fulfill strategic plans for the next 12-18 months. The net movement in funds for the year was a surplus of £30,450, driven by investment gains despite foreign exchange losses. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CONLATUSE LIMITED Companies House 00931699
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00975116

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RICH, Harry Paul — director, appointed 01/03/2017on trustee list
• HARBOUR, Edmond — director, appointed 15/06/2011on trustee list
• HARBOUR, Daniel, Dr — director, appointed 19/03/2008on trustee list
• HARBOUR, Susan — director, appointed 23/01/2006on trustee list
• ABRAHAMS, Daniel Elliott — secretary, appointed 27/03/2002

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~189.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (75% 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: 36.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• EDMOND HARBOURchair
• Dr DANIEL HARBOUR
• Gideon Harbour
• HARRY RICH
• Marc Haguenauer
• SUSAN HARBOUR

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• THE BADUR FOUNDATION income £2.6m
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• THE HARROW MISSION income £315k
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• HAMBRO FAMILY FOUNDATION income £1.4m

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