William Rowan Hamilton Trust

Analysis

William Rowan Hamilton Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08269877). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, William Rowan Hamilton Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £131k, spending 263% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £653k to £50k (-92%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income dropped by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, William Rowan Hamilton Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The International Association for Mission Studies (£50k), Friends of Junior King's School, Canterbury (£50k) and Cambridgeshire Dofe Open Award Centre (£50k).