The British Friends of Harvard Business School

Analysis

The British Friends of Harvard Business School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in September 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The British Friends of Harvard Business School reported income of £249k and spending of £270k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £321k to £249k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 1041%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The British Friends of Harvard Business School sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hullbridge Pre-School (£249k), Saltwood Play & Learning Centre (£249k) and Chapel Lane Playgroup (£249k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.