The Hamilton Scott Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hamilton Scott Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Hamilton Scott Charitable Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £25k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9,545 to £25k (+159%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Hamilton Scott Charitable Trust sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oxfordshire Foster Care Association (£25k), St Augustine's Parent & Teacher Association (£25k) and St Mary's Primary School Association of Parents, Teachers and Friends (£25k).