The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust
Analysis
The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04541031). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending September 2025, The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust reported income of £979k and spending of £885k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £387k to £979k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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 Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healing Jesus Crusade (£978k), Lifechurch Manchester (£979k) and Stockton Churches Mission to the Single Homeless Limited (£978k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 77% and donations and legacies 23%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £227k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £227k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Legacies 23%
- Investments 77%
- Other 0.0%
In the charity's own words
Grant making trust with objective of awarding grants to relieve need, hardship or distress to both individuals and organisations living or operating in the area of benefit, namely the former Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Healing Jesus Crusade | Hertfordshire | £978k |
| Lifechurch Manchester | Sale | £979k |
| Stockton Churches Mission to the Single Homeless Limited | Stockton-On-Tees | £978k |
| The Prospects Trust | Cambridgeshire | £979k |