Friends of Harvard University

Analysis

Friends of Harvard University is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in November 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of Harvard University reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.3m, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.5m to £1.7m (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Friends of Harvard University sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Year UK (£1.7m), John Innes Foundation (£1.7m) and The Merchant Taylors' Foundation (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.2m. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.3m. Reserves of £2,761 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.