IHYA Foundation

Analysis

IHYA Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, IHYA Foundation reported income of £171k and spending of £134k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £171k (+1012%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, IHYA Foundation sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Octavia Foundation (£171k), Minerva Arts & Wellbeing (£171k) and Bacup Family Centre (£170k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.