THE HARLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 276611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5658802 · Wikipedia

The running of an art gallery and associated activities.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTICULARLY IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS. (B) THE PROMOTION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE PROMOTION OF TRAINING, APPRENTICESHIP, INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS. (C) OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bassetlaw, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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.

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

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)
Has a trading subsidiary

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

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
THE JOHN HEMINGWAY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£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
BAGRI FOUNDATION	1	£698k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AZELIA HALL CHARITY.

THE AZELIA HALL CHARITY income £107k
THE HAYES AND HARLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE income £225k
Culture& Arts and Heritage income £523k
THE HARDY FOUNDATION income £749k
THE HARTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £67k
THE HALE TRUST income £34k

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 AZELIA HALL CHARITY FY2025	£107k	—	0	above	0.0%	no doubt
THE HAYES AND HARLINGTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025	£225k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Culture& Arts and Heritage FY2025	£523k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARDY FOUNDATION FY2025	£749k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE HARTLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£67k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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