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hertfordshire community foundation

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public. Hertfordshire Community Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Hatfield and operates in Hertfordshire.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Hertfordshire Community Foundation has five main areas of activity: * Development and management of charitable funds * Grant making * Capacity building, community support and cross section liaison * Research * Other services relating to the development and delivery of philanthropy.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£7,736,483
Latest Expenditure
£6,282,975

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 78.5%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 96.6%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 4.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £6,990,448
Charitable Activities £243,747
Other Trading £32,852
Investments £469,436
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £6,070,728
Raising Funds £212,247
Governance £40,687
Grants to Institutions £5,313,801
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£7,736,483£6,282,975£6,070,728£16,372,364£797,44516 / 3
2023£6,142,270£6,126,932£5,933,998£13,828,177£357,09920 / 3
2022£4,802,250£4,601,498£4,467,723£14,786,410£82,34313 / 3
2021£3,253,514£2,797,587£13,964,22611 / 0
2020£2,057,503£1,491,573£1,353,546£11,080,584£1,523,85510 / 4

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers