The Green Hat Foundation

Analysis

The Green Hat Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Green Hat Foundation reported income of £50k and spending of £40k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £36k to £50k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Green Hat 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 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Education & Support Trust (B.e.s.t.) (£50k), Meeting Point Ministries (£50k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God - Fragrance of Life Connections (£50k).