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WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON TRUST

Registered charity 1150524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAMILTON TRUST/ WRHT

Principal activities: supporting education, particularly pre-school and primary, and charitable endeavours more generally

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£131k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £448,473 for the year ended 31 October 2023, primarily due to a transition involving the transfer of operations to Oxford Brookes University and significant donations made to support that transition. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,445,074, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet near-term plans and maintain a prudent level of reserves.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (51% of income)
“Income from donations by individual teachers as Friends of Hamilton this year totalled £190,363”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: assets in bank deposits and highly liquid investments plus 50% of freehold assets should be higher than previous year's net expenditure and forecast gross annual expenditure less 50% of forecast income (held: £1.4m)
“Specifically, at the start of each financial year the assets held in bank deposits and highly liquid investments, when added to 50% of the value of its freehold assets, should be higher than the previous year's net expenditure and also higher than the forecast gross annual expenditure for the next year less 50% of the forecast income from investments, grants and other revenue.” — page 5
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2022)

Total income
£527k
Total spending
£472k
Cost of raising funds
£11k
Reserves (reported)
£1.9m
Employees
6

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Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£50k£131k
31/10/2024£354k£309k
31/10/2023£372k£816k
31/10/2022£527k£472k
31/10/2021£653k£520k

Common questions

Is WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £448,473 for the year ended 31 October 2023, primarily due to a transition involving the transfer of operations to Oxford Brookes University and significant donations made to support that transition. Despite the deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,445,074, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet near-term plans and maintain a prudent level of reserves. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by Mercer Lewin Ltd.