The Helen Hamlyn Trust

Analysis

The Helen Hamlyn Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04115082). It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Helen Hamlyn Trust reported income of £6.5m and spending of £6.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £6.5m (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 238%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Helen Hamlyn Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxford Hospitals Charity (£6.5m), The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (£6.5m) and Tapping House (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £5.7m. Reserves of £3.8m would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.