The James Hannington Memorial Trust

Analysis

The James Hannington Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Henfield. It was registered in March 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The James Hannington Memorial Trust reported income of £48k and spending of £57k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £114k to £48k (-58%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The James Hannington Memorial Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% 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 Discovery Church (£48k), Sturton by Stow Primary School Fund (£50k) and Bengali Association of Merseyside and North of England (£48k).

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.