The John Hemingway Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Hemingway Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The John Hemingway Charitable Trust reported income of £115k and spending of £304k, spending 265% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £115k to £115k (+0.1%), an average of +0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The John Hemingway Charitable Trust sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Speakeasy Advocacy (£115k), The Build Charity (£115k) and Hospital of St Mary Magdalen (£115k).

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