The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

Analysis

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation reported income of £146k and spending of £376k, spending 257% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £45k to £146k (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 555% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Arts Rhayader and District (£146k), Calderdale Industrial Museum Association (£146k) and Thame Players Theatre Company (£146k).

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.