The Hawkins Foundation

Analysis

The Hawkins Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hawkins Foundation reported income of £20k and spending of £29k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £50k to £20k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Hawkins Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tangent Charitable Trust (£20k), Be Raw (£20k) and The Oppenheim Foundation (£20k).