Friends of the Hailey Day Centre

Analysis

Friends of the Hailey Day Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in December 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Friends of the Hailey Day Centre reported income of £224k and spending of £269k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £77k to £224k (+190%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 228%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Friends of the Hailey Day Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wickens Family Foundation (£224k), Wantage Independent Advice Centre (£225k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Fremington Devon (£224k).

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.