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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.

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

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £20,349,190, with £6,020,732 in liquid cash sufficient to meet strategic plans for the next 12-18 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £30,450 for the year, driven by investment gains despite foreign exchange losses. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern 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: Commercial trading operations (75% of income)
“Total income 1,462,644”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received real estate and accounting services from HDG Ltd, a service provision company within the Harbour family business group. The Charity was not charged for the services provided to it by HDG.
“During the year, the Charity received real estate and accounting services from HDG Ltd (“HDG”), a service provision company within the Harbour family business group. The Charity was not charged for the services provided to it by HDG.” — page 4
“During the year, the charity made a donation of £330,000 (2024: £200,000) to the Ben Gurion University Foundation which shares a trustee, Gideon Harbour, with this entity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity made a donation of £330,000 to the Ben Gurion University Foundation, which shares a trustee, Gideon Harbour, with the charity.
“During the year, the Charity received real estate and accounting services from HDG Ltd (“HDG”), a service provision company within the Harbour family business group. The Charity was not charged for the services provided to it by HDG.” — page 4
“During the year, the charity made a donation of £330,000 (2024: £200,000) to the Ben Gurion University Foundation which shares a trustee, Gideon Harbour, with this entity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity received income under deed of covenant from its wholly-owned subsidiary, Conlatuse Limited.
“During the year, the Charity received real estate and accounting services from HDG Ltd (“HDG”), a service provision company within the Harbour family business group. The Charity was not charged for the services provided to it by HDG.” — page 4
“During the year, the charity made a donation of £330,000 (2024: £200,000) to the Ben Gurion University Foundation which shares a trustee, Gideon Harbour, with this entity.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Conlatuse Limited
“The Charity has one wholly-owned subsidiary, Conlatuse Limited (Conlatuse), which carries out commercial activity in real estate.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

CONLATUSE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £1.1m
  • Profit before tax: £283k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £283k
  • The company has a loan facility agreement with The Harbour Foundation for the total principal amount of £3,500,000, due for repayment on 31 December 2027.
“Donation to parent charity”

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.

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)

Total income
£0
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£536k
Reserves (reported)
£21.3m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~189.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 5.2%) (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
31/05/2025£1.3m£1.4m
31/05/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/05/2023£1.1m£880k
31/05/2022£1.1m£1.0m
31/05/2021£74k£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £20,349,190, with £6,020,732 in liquid cash sufficient to meet strategic plans for the next 12-18 months. The charity reported a net surplus of £30,450 for the year, driven by investment gains despite foreign exchange losses. The trustees confirm the charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
NFL FOUNDATION UK1£12k
MUSLIM COMMUNITY & EDUCATION CENTRE (MCEC)1£5k
THE WIGHT AID FOUNDATION1£5k
BOLTON COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES1£5k
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION1£4k
TEES VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAFE HARBOUR.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SAFE HARBOUR FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HARBOUR FY2025£320k—0above—no doubt
HOPE FOUNDATION HELPING THE HELPLESS FY2024£254k—0unclear—no doubt
HARBOUR SUPPORT SERVICES FY2025£7.6m——unclear—no doubt
THE HOWARTH FOUNDATION FY2025£145k—0above—no doubt

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