The Hamer Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hamer Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2026, The Hamer Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £31k, spending 213% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2022 to May 2026, income grew from £10k to £15k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 158% 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 Hamer Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margaret Rosemary Hargrave Charitable Trust (£15k), Elm Non Ecclesiastical Charities (£15k) and God of Glory Christian Ministries Limited (£15k).