HAMELIN TRUST
Registered charity 1004432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
A range of services, projects and activities to support disabled children, adults & carers including; residential respite/short break services, domiciliary/community based support, resource bases for daytime/evening/weekend activities, supported accommodation, work experience/training projects, supported employment services, accredited training for members of staff, volunteers, and beneficiaries.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £101,888 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves of £1,285,721 are equivalent to 3.5 months of general running costs, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months. The charity maintains a healthy financial position with net assets of over £3m and has secured an unqualified audit opinion confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Highest-paid employee band: over £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“Employees who received an annual salary over £80,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Fee income (76% of income)
“Total fee income 2,944,162”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 3.8% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising & publicity 146,514”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of the general running costs (held: £1.3m)
“The trustees believe that this should be no less than three months of the general running costs where possible.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Hamelin Trust Services Limited
“The charitable company controls one subsidiary. Hamelin Trust Services Limited company number 02544279 is registered in England and Wales.” — page 48
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Price Bailey LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hamelin Trust (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Ru Watkins — Chief Executive (source)
- Andy Archer — Chief Delivery Officer (source)
- Grace Osborne — Chief Operating Officer (source)
- Graham Woodham — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MARSHALL, Laura Louise — director, appointed 17/03/2025on trustee list
- NIGHTINGALE, Stephen — director, appointed 17/03/2025on trustee list
- GAIGER, Jamie Andrew Gerard — director, appointed 13/01/2025on trustee list
- POTTLE, Aaron — director, appointed 13/05/2024on trustee list
- WILSON, James — director, appointed 16/10/2023on trustee list
- BRYANT, Laura — director, appointed 16/10/2023on trustee list
- BISHOP, James — director, appointed 01/09/2023on trustee list
- WOODHAM, Graham Kenneth — director, appointed 04/04/2019on trustee list
- WATKINS, Mark Justin Godwin — secretary, appointed 12/10/2021
Official officers record.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £157k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Hamelin Trust — Registered, 4 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 20/02/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£147k
Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Aaron Pottle
- Graham Woodham
- James Bishop
- James Wilson
- Jamie Gaiger
- Laura Bryant
- Laura Marshall
- Stephen Nightingale
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · Southend-on-sea · Throughout London · Thurrock
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HAMELIN TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an operating surplus of £101,888 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reversing a deficit in the prior year. The trustees report that unrestricted free reserves of £1,285,721 are equivalent to 3.5 months of general running costs, which exceeds their stated policy target of three months. The charity maintains a healthy financial position with net assets of over £3m and has secured an unqualified audit opinion confirming the financial statements give a true and fair view. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Price Bailey LLP.
What does the highest-paid employee of HAMELIN TRUST earn?
Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the over £80,000 band.
Who funds HAMELIN TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMELIN TRUST as a grant recipient include ESSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION, THE VARRIER-JONES FOUNDATION, CHARLES S FRENCH CHARITABLE TRUST, ROSCA TRUST.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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