The Heartwarmers Foundation

Analysis

The Heartwarmers Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in May 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Heartwarmers Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £7,000, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 517%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Heartwarmers Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include German Society of Benevolence (£15k), Newman Hall Home for Pensioners (£15k) and Hillingdon Somali Women's Group (£15k).