Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation

Analysis

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in October 2003, 23 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 04534462). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation reported income of £771k and spending of £1.3m, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £771k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Medical Education Trust (£770k), Springboard Opportunity Group (£771k) and Africa Services International (£770k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 56% and donations and legacies 44%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £826k. Reserves of £590k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

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.