The Hendrie Foundation

Analysis

The Hendrie Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chigwell. It was registered in October 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07415543). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hendrie Foundation reported income of £336k and spending of £691k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £487k to £336k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Hendrie Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Foundry International Ltd (£336k), Bolton Young Men's Christian Association (£336k) and Triumphant Global Trust (£336k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.