The Happold Foundation

Analysis

The Happold Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Happold Foundation reported income of £369k and spending of £264k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £182k to £369k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Happold Foundation sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Peterborough Citizens Advice Bureau (£369k), Benchill Community Centre (£369k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Melton Mowbray (£368k).