The Hilborne Foundation

Analysis

The Hilborne Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1995, 31 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 July 2025, The Hilborne Foundation reported income of £205k and spending of £292k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £156k to £205k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 22%. 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 Hilborne Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buzy Bees Pre-School (£205k), Lenham Nursery School CIO (£205k) and 'chestnuts' Pre-School (£205k).