The Nicholas Hammond Foundation

Analysis

The Nicholas Hammond Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Nicholas Hammond Foundation reported income of £15k and spending of £34k, spending 227% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £18k to £15k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 185% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Nicholas Hammond Foundation sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Chase Side Primary School (£15k), 2nd Cowes (St Mary's) Sea Scout Group (£15k) and Friends of Ashmount School (£15k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.