The Sue and Lew Hammerson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sue and Lew Hammerson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sue and Lew Hammerson Charitable Trust reported income of £61k and spending of £61k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,565 to £61k (+1597%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 4857%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sue and Lew Hammerson Charitable Trust sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include VWV Charitable Trust (£60k), The C J C Whitehouse 2006 Charitable Trust (£61k) and The Friends of St Thomas Church Lymington (£60k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.