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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

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.

What the accounts disclose

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.

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.

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).

Trustees

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?

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.

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