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THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 515943 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE PERCY HEDLEY CENTRE FOR SPASTICS

The Percy Hedley Foundation was established, for the public benefit, to promote the care, welfare, interest, opportunities (including opportunities to gain meaningful employment), education and advancement of disabled people.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£40.5m
Latest spending
£37.8m
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4.574m for the year, driven by increased charitable activity income and significant actuarial gains on its pension scheme. Free reserves increased to £10.235m, which the trustees consider sufficient given ongoing capital expenditure programmes and their reserves policy target of holding 13-16% of operating expenditure in investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income)
“Income from charitable activities increased by a reasonable 10.28% year on year at £39.6m.” — page 33
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £10.2m)
“During the last few years, reserves have been built in line with the lower end of this policy. These are now reviewed annually as part of the corporate strategy with the intention to increase the value of the investments towards to the higher end of the range over the next three years.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Percy Hedley Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: The Percy Hedley Foundation — Registered, 7 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 27/10/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram (1,865 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£40.5m
Total spending
£37.8m
Reserves (reported)
£28.5m
Employees
957

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Durham · Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£40.5m£37.8m
31/08/2024£37.0m£36.8m
31/08/2023£36.0m£35.6m
31/08/2022£34.0m£30.4m
31/08/2021£32.0m£31.1m

Common questions

Is THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £4.574m for the year, driven by increased charitable activity income and significant actuarial gains on its pension scheme. Free reserves increased to £10.235m, which the trustees consider sufficient given ongoing capital expenditure programmes and their reserves policy target of holding 13-16% of operating expenditure in investments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets.

Who funds THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ROTHLEY TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROTHLEY TRUSTFY2023£154kChildren and Young People
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20kDisability
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£19kKarten Centres
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18kKarten Centres
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18kKarten Centres
THE IAN KARTEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18kKarten Centres
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5kDisability
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2022£3k
THE ROTHLEY TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE ROTHLEY TRUSTFY2024£3k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
THE ROTHLEY TRUSTFY2022£2kInstitutional grant
FRAZER TRUSTFY2025£2kDisabled
FRAZER TRUSTFY2024£2kChildren
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2025£2k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2023£2kChildren
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
FRAZER TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE MIDDLETON FOUNDATIONFY2022£1k
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024£0
HAYS TRAVEL FOUNDATIONFY2024£0
BLUESPARK FOUNDATIONFY2024—Sensory theatre experience delivered in school by a theatre company to 36 severely disabled pupils who would be unable to visit a conventional theatre

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East30/03/2023£3kGrant to The Percy Hedley Foundation
Community Foundation North East23/06/2022£250Grant to The Percy Hedley Foundation
Community Foundation North East24/03/2022£2kA grant to The Percy Hedley Foundation
Community Foundation North East16/09/2021£250A grant to The Percy Hedley Foundation
Community Foundation North East20/05/2021£250A grant to The Percy Hedley Foundation
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/08/2018£42k"Hedley's Heritage - disabled young people learning to archive and record their heritage"
Community Foundation North East07/03/2018£250Annual donation
Sport England10/01/2017£7kCommunity Coaching for Disabled Young People
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2015£441kThe Employability Project
The National Lottery Community Fund18/04/2012£280kThe Employability Project
The National Lottery Community Fund25/11/2010£10kPercy Hedley Social History Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/01/2007£5kThe 'I Don't Believe it' Drama Group
The National Lottery Community Fund24/07/2006£5kGarden
Northern Rock Foundation13/07/2004£150kGrant awarded to The Percy Hedley Foundation (Tyne & Wear)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund18/08/2000£15k"THE PERCY HEDLEY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY CENTRE"
Northern Rock Foundation14/04/1998£150kGrant awarded to The Percy Hedley Foundation (Tyne & Wear)

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
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST1—
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION1£60k
THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST1£10k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY1£5k
THE BERNICIA FOUNDATION1£5k
THE INMAN CHARITY1£5k
THE ARCHER TRUST1£4k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION£40.5m——below—no doubt
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2024£1.5m—0above—no doubt
THIRTY PERCY FOUNDATION FY2025£6.1m—0unclear—no doubt
JAMES PERCY FOUNDATION FY2024£836k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PERCY BILTON CHARITY FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
THE HEXTOL FOUNDATION FY2025£497k—0above—no doubt

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