Hacro

Analysis

Hacro is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hacro reported income of £295k and spending of £300k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £350k to £295k (-16%), an average of -4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Hacro sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust (£295k), The Bristol Children's Help Society (£295k) and Sundar Gaumukh Foundation (£295k).

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.