DHS Educational Foundation

Analysis

DHS Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hartlepool. It was registered in July 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06257502). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, DHS Educational Foundation reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.3m, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £4.7m to £1.6m (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, DHS Educational Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Institute for Mathematical Sciences (£1.6m), Justifi UK (£1.6m) and Bangor University Students' Union (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £300k. Reserves of £338k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.