Friends of Hi5's

Analysis

Friends of Hi5's is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in June 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Friends of Hi5's reported income of £18k and spending of £23k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4,283 to £18k (+332%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 219%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Friends of Hi5's sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Daytrippers (Bolton) (£18k), Harlow Fields School & College PTA (£18k) and Ursula Hulme's 1998 Charitable Trust (£18k).