The Hargreaves Foundation

Analysis

The Hargreaves Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Hargreaves Foundation reported income of £1.3m and spending of £4.2m, spending 316% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £91.5m to £1.3m (-99%), an average of -65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 209%. Over the whole period it spent 11% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Hargreaves Foundation sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Arrahma Foundation (£1.3m), Barrowmore Limited (£1.3m) and Aubi (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.4m. Reserves of £72.4m would cover about 205 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

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.