St Mary's Hare Park School

Analysis

St Mary's Hare Park School is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Romford. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00220326). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, St Mary's Hare Park School reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+15%), an average of +3.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, St Mary's Hare Park School sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandwell Council of Voluntary Organisations (S.c.v.o.) (£1.6m), Khulisa (£1.6m) and Harrow Together (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £458k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.