Heywood Foundation

Analysis

Heywood Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under human rights and equality. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Heywood Foundation reported income of £61k and spending of £139k, spending 228% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £102k to £61k (-40%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 700 England and Wales charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Heywood Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Women Living Under Muslim Laws - International Solidarity Network (Wluml) (£60k), Rainbow Chorus (£62k) and Bradford City of Sanctuary (£60k).

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.