Heart of England Community Foundation

Analysis

Heart of England Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in December 2006, 20 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 05999452). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Heart of England Community Foundation reported income of £13.6m and spending of £11.7m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7.2m to £13.6m (+89%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 310%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Heart of England Community Foundation sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Big Give Trust (£13.3m), The Chris Banton Foundation (£14.9m) and The Underwood Trust (£12.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, investments 6.4% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £10.6m. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.