Huddersfield Town Foundation

Analysis

Huddersfield Town Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07690182). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Huddersfield Town Foundation reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.2m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.1m (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Huddersfield Town Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Howgill Family Centre (£1.1m), Heartbeat Northwest Cardiac Care (£1.1m) and Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, donations and legacies 6.8% and investments 2.7%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 1.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4,431. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 39 people.

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.