Hollyhock Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Hollyhock Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Hollyhock Charitable Foundation reported income of £295k and spending of £15.3m, spending 5183% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.9m to £295k (-92%), an average of -47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 593%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Hollyhock Charitable Foundation sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 Age Concern Reading (£295k), The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) Regimental Charity (£296k) and Stroud Vintage Transport and Engine Club Ltd (£293k).

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.