Syed Hamid Charitable Trust

Analysis

Syed Hamid Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08006186). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Syed Hamid Charitable Trust reported income of £51k and spending of £30k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £92 to £51k (+54803%), an average of +384% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 44% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Syed Hamid Charitable Trust sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% 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 Trust Property Held in Connexion with Bethesda Baptist Chapel Royton (£50k), Change Through Education in Africa (£51k) and London Philharmonic Orchestra Benevolent Fund (£50k).