HDSK

Analysis

HDSK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in January 1993, 33 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 organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, HDSK reported income of £368k and spending of £393k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £547k to £368k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 324%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, HDSK sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blue Coat Pre-School Unit and Busy Bees (£368k), De Aston School Fund (£368k) and Birchfield Independent Girls School (£368k).

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.