Hammersmith United Charities

Analysis

Hammersmith United Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hammersmith United Charities reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £2.0m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hammersmith United Charities sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Lake District Calvert Trust (£2.0m), Fairplay (£2.0m) and The Mudchute Association (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65% and investments 34%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £538k. Reserves of £16.1m would cover about 84 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.

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.