Herefordshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Herefordshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in December 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04468139). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Herefordshire Community Foundation reported income of £949k and spending of £794k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £720k to £949k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Herefordshire Community Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waqforever (£947k), East & Southeast Asian Community Centre (£949k) and The PWC Foundation (£947k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89%, investments 10% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £250k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £604k. Reserves of £182k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.