The Hardy Foundation

Analysis

The Hardy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and animals, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hardy Foundation reported income of £749k and spending of £116k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23 to £749k (+3257004%), an average of +1243% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 410383%. Over the whole period it spent 13% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Hardy Foundation sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swindon Night Shelter (£748k), Dover Outreach Centre (£750k) and Headway North Staffordshire (Head Injuries Association) Ltd (£748k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and investments 14%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £103k. Reserves of £3.5m would cover about 322 months of spending at that rate.