The Hearn Foundation

Analysis

The Hearn Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hearn Foundation reported income of £4.4m and spending of £2.3m, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £124 to £4.4m (+3560734%), an average of +1274% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54644%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Hearn Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Business Disability Forum (£4.4m), The Pontoon Trust (£4.4m) and The Three Guineas Trust (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92% and investments 7.9%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.2m. Reserves of £11.6m would cover about 61 months of spending at that rate.