The Hamilton Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Hamilton Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newtownstewart. It was registered in December 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Hamilton Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-5.9%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 399%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Hamilton Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Cheltenham Benevolent Fund (£11k), The Belgrave Village Hall (£11k) and 1170 (£11k).