Don Hanson Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Don Hanson Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Don Hanson Charitable Foundation reported income of £105k and spending of £1.6m, spending 1569% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £6,887 to £105k (+1422%), an average of +148% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 900%. Over the whole period it spent 1367% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Don Hanson Charitable Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hullbridge Community Association (£105k), 2nd Copythorne (Stanley's Own) Scout Group (£105k) and Impact-Now (£104k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.