THE PERCY HEDLEY FOUNDATION

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

Latest income

£40.5m

Latest spending

£37.8m

Registered

1985

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

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).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Tyne House: Good (08/12/2022) · CQC record
Wansbeck House: Good (28/10/2025) · CQC record
Leybourne: Good (25/08/2022) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/01/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

Janet Donnellychair
Dr Nicola Claire Hutchinson
Dr Peter Louis Emerson
Ewen Gordon Weir
Francesca Naomi Victoria Craik
Lucy Craig
Nicola Procter
Paul Foreman

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 end	Income	Spending
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

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 WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JOICEY TRUST, FRAZER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2023	£154k
THE WATSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2025	£3k
THE ROTHLEY TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE JOICEY TRUST	FY2025	£2k
FRAZER TRUST	FY2024	£2k
BLUESPARK FOUNDATION	FY2024	—

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	30/08/2018	£42k	"Hedley's Heritage - disabled young people learning to archive and record their heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/08/2000	£15k	"THE PERCY HEDLEY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITY CENTRE"