Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2024, Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust reported income of £161k and spending of £206k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2024, income grew from £138k to £161k (+17%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sue Hammerson Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sistah Space (Sanctuary) (£161k), RT Community Projects Ltd (£161k) and Mitzvah Day UK Charitable Trust (£161k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.