The Hamilton Davies Trust

Analysis

The Hamilton Davies Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 2004, 22 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hamilton Davies Trust reported income of £253k and spending of £379k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £211k to £253k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 336% 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 Hamilton Davies Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God: Covenant Restoration Assembly Coventry (£252k), Fort Foundation (£254k) and Market Harborough Building Society Charitable Foundation (£251k).

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.