Heron Educational Foundation

Analysis

Heron Educational Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. 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 March 2025, Heron Educational Foundation reported income of £46k and spending of £34k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £50k to £46k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 285%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Heron Educational Foundation sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eldene (Swindon) Community Association Ltd (£46k), Oakworth Community Trust (£46k) and Maryport & Solway Unit 541 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£46k).