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The Geoffrey Harrison Foundation

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1142242OxfordshireEducation and training
Income£107k2025-03-31
Spending£89ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause76th pctEducation and training
Registered2011Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Geoffrey Harrison Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 2011, 15 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 07570613). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Geoffrey Harrison Foundation reported income of £107k and spending of £89k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £107k (+434%), an average of +52% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Geoffrey Harrison Foundation sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Bare Methodist Playgroup (£107k), Wendover Pre-School Humberston (£107k) and Bristol South District Scout Council (£107k).

Income and spending

£0£27k£53k£80k£107k2021 Income: £20,0002021 Spending: £17,36820212022 Income: £65,0052022 Spending: £80,94720222023 Income: £90,5142023 Spending: £88,83520232024 Income: £95,5272024 Spending: £87,86320242025 Income: £106,7592025 Spending: £88,8542025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Foundation sponsors training programmes for young people who wish to pursue a career in the catering and hospitality sectors. For example the Junior Chefs programmes at the University of West London, Westminster Kingsway College and Loughborough College. These courses are run on Saturday mornings and are aimed at young people in year 10 and 11.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Bare Methodist PlaygroupSt Margaret's Road£107k
Wendover Pre-School HumberstonGrimsby£107k
Bristol South District Scout CouncilBristol£107k
The Railway and Canal Historical SocietyLondon£107k