Market Harborough Building Society Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Market Harborough Building Society Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03885898). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Market Harborough Building Society Charitable Foundation reported income of £251k and spending of £16k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to June 2025, income grew from £43k to £251k (+483%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 522%. Over the whole period it spent 47% 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, Market Harborough Building Society Charitable Foundation 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 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Saint Sarkis Charity Trust (£250k), Redeemed Christian Church of God: Covenant Restoration Assembly Coventry (£252k) and The GFF UK Trust (£250k).