Hamwattan Centre

Analysis

Hamwattan Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in August 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hamwattan Centre reported income of £52k and spending of £48k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £37k to £52k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hamwattan Centre sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association of Professional Sri Lankans in the UK (Apsl) (£52k), African Oyster Trust (£52k) and John Horniman's Children's Trust (£52k).