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THE HISCOX FOUNDATION

Registered charity 327635 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROBERTS AND HISCOX FOUNDATION

The objects of the charity are to support or promote such charitable purposes as the trustees may determine, by the making of grants. The trustees focus charitable giving around three key pillars: social mobility and entrepreneurship, protecting and preserving the environment and causes that Hiscox people are passionate about.

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.7m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,851,162, which the trustees note is sufficient to function for a period of around three years without further external donations. The charity's total funds increased by 3.5% to £9,851,162, supported by incoming resources of £1,738,487, primarily from its principal contributor, Hiscox Plc.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Hiscox Plc (78% of income)
“The incoming resources for the year were £1,738,487 (2024: £1,700,784), including a contribution of £1,364,231 (2024: £1,379,200) from the principal contributor, Hiscox Plc, which will allow the Foundation to continue its work.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three years of unrestricted expenditure (held: £9.9m)
“This current policy is designed to ensure the Foundation is donating the vast majority of its income from the main benefactor, while retaining sufficient reserves to be able to function and continue to meet its commitments for a period of around three years without further external donations.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income
£1.7m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£24k
Reserves (reported)
£9.9m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~97.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (83% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (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
05/04/2025£1.7m£1.2m
05/04/2024£1.7m£1.3m
05/04/2023£334k£1.1m
05/04/2022£828k£1.0m
05/04/2021£1.0m£1.5m

Common questions

Is THE HISCOX FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,851,162, which the trustees note is sufficient to function for a period of around three years without further external donations. The charity's total funds increased by 3.5% to £9,851,162, supported by incoming resources of £1,738,487, primarily from its principal contributor, Hiscox Plc. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by PKF Littlejohn LLP.

Who funds THE HISCOX FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE HISCOX FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include BATTERSEA CRIME PREVENTION PANEL.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BATTERSEA CRIME PREVENTION PANELFY2022£2k

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
JEREMY COLLER FOUNDATION1£230k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£25k
THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£15k
THE PWC FOUNDATION1£10k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATION1£6k
THE DULVERTON TRUST1£5k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£5k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD1£5k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE HISCOX FOUNDATION£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
ISSA FOUNDATION FY2024£9.9m—0above—no doubt
THE HEARTH FOUNDATION FY2025£133k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HAINSFORD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£153k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HELPING FOUNDATION FY2024£34.8m—0above—no doubt
Coller Family Foundation FY2025£230k—0below—no doubt

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