The Hurst Lea Foundation

Analysis

The Hurst Lea Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Hurst Lea Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £27k, spending 173% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £6,443 to £16k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Hurst Lea Foundation sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woodcote Community Centre Association (£16k), Broad Oak Village Hall (£16k) and Nantwich Senior Citizens Club (£16k).