THE HARLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 276611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The running of an art gallery and associated activities.

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Latest income

£518k

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £655,796 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £25,128,977. The Trustees confirmed that the Foundation has sufficient financial resources to continue furthering its charitable objectives and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“During the year, one employee (2024: one) received emoluments of between £70,000 and £80,000” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“During the year, one employee (2024: one) received emoluments of between £70,000 and £80,000” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Harley Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£518k

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£25.1m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (61% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

WILLIAM HENRY MARCELLO PARENTEchair
DAISY PARENTE
Diana Marion Roberts
ROBIN JAMES BROWN
ZITA GIBSON

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£518k	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.3m
31/03/2023	£559k	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£533k	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£414k	£866k

Common questions

Is THE HARLEY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £655,796 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds to £25,128,977. The Trustees confirmed that the Foundation has sufficient financial resources to continue furthering its charitable objectives and that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Dixon Wilson Audit Services LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE HARLEY FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE HARLEY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HARLEY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£90k
THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£12k
THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£11k
THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k

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 TIM HENMAN FOUNDATION	1	£9k

Charities like this

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

THE HARDY FOUNDATION income £2.8m
CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY income £148k
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION income £463k
HATTORI FOUNDATION income £233k
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION income £1.3m
MW (HO) FOUNDATION income £207k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HARLEY FOUNDATION	£518k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2024	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION FY2025	£463k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HATTORI FOUNDATION FY2025	£233k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARGREAVES FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.3m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	above	—	no doubt

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