Hertfordshire Community Foundation

Analysis

Hertfordshire Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hatfield. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08794474). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hertfordshire Community Foundation reported income of £10.7m and spending of £6.6m, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.3m to £10.7m (+229%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hertfordshire Community Foundation sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Helen & Douglas House (£10.7m), Grimsby Youth Zone (£10.7m) and The College of Optometrists (£10.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 92%, investments 5.2% and charitable activities 1.8%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 3.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.6m. Reserves of £1.1m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.