The Hargrave Foundation

Analysis

The Hargrave Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2004, 22 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 05249160). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Hargrave Foundation reported income of £174k and spending of £161k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £622k to £174k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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 Hargrave Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sanskruti Foundation (UK) (£173k), The Chesterfield United Charities (£174k) and The Bright Future Trust (£173k).