Horizon Scandal Fund
Analysis
Horizon Scandal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 13739654). It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending November 2025, Horizon Scandal Fund reported income of £64k and spending of £59k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from November 2023 to November 2025, income grew from £43k to £64k (+51%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Horizon Scandal Fund sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cleaves Charity and Others (£64k), New Life Pentecostal Church (Hemel Hempstead) (£64k) and Wiltshire Malayalee Association (£64k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
a. To relieve or prevent hardship, poverty, sickness and distress among those people who have suffered and been affected as a result of problems with the Post Offices computer accounting system commonly known as Horizon; andb. To relieve poverty among persons who have worked, whether on an employed or self-employed basis, at Post Office counters and their families.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Cleaves Charity and Others | Norfolk | £64k |
| New Life Pentecostal Church (Hemel Hempstead) | Hemel Hempstead | £64k |
| Wiltshire Malayalee Association | Swindon | £64k |
| Gospel Assembly Church | Redhill | £64k |