Mary Hare

Analysis

Mary Hare is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03085006). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Mary Hare reported income of £15.9m and spending of £15.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £17.1m to £15.9m (-7.2%), an average of -1.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Mary Hare sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enginuity (£15.8m), St Hilda's College in the University of Oxford (£16.0m) and The Pocklington School Foundation (£15.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79%, donations and legacies 17% and trading 3.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Reserves of £18.5m would cover about 15 months of spending at that rate. It employed 285 people.