The Hamlet Centre Trust

Analysis

The Hamlet Centre Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Norwich. It was registered in October 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02518973). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Hamlet Centre Trust reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.0m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Hamlet Centre Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The London Buddhist Centre (£2.0m), The Joseph Storehouse Trust (£2.0m) and Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84% and donations and legacies 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £10k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £343k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 95 people.