The Charles Hayward Foundation

Analysis

The Charles Hayward Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Charles Hayward Foundation reported income of £87k and spending of £3.4m, spending 3840% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £60 to £87k (+145630%), an average of +518% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 25683%. Over the whole period it spent 4927% 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, The Charles Hayward Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spurrell Charitable Trust (£87k), The Yamen Edward Nissim Foundation (£87k) and Scarborough and Locals Together (£87k).

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.