The Hercules Foundation

Analysis

The Hercules Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2020, 6 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 April 2025, The Hercules Foundation reported income of £122k and spending of £68k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £70k to £122k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 336%. Over the whole period it spent 28% 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 Hercules Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of St Georges Church Freezywater (£121k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St George the Martyr, Shirley (£122k) and The Joyce Lomax Bullock Charitable Trust (£121k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.