Halcrow Foundation

Analysis

Halcrow Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Halcrow Foundation reported income of £208k and spending of £219k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £163k to £208k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Halcrow Foundation sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North London Central Mosque Trust (£207k), Augustinian Sisters - English Province (£208k) and Spencer Contact (£207k).