Hitchin Education Foundation

Analysis

Hitchin Education Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hitchin. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hitchin Education Foundation reported income of £131k and spending of £128k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £131k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hitchin Education Foundation sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hempsted Playgroup (£131k), The Joseph Trust (£131k) and Lunsford Park Pre-School (£131k).