B HAMMER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 270093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

relief for poor & needy, support educational institutions

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£100k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £2,246,494, representing a net income of £69,112 for the year. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confident that adequate reserves exist to fulfill charitable obligations. The charity holds an investment property valued at £800,000 and has no staff costs or trustee remuneration.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain reserves in order that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities at a consistent level and to cover contingencies (held: £2.2m)
“The charity aims to maintain reserves in order that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities at a consistent level and to cover contingencies of additional calls being made upon the charity for support of organisations or institutions in times of need.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gateshead · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£100k£31k
31/03/2024£107k£61k
31/03/2023£68k£50k
31/03/2022£46k£34k
31/03/2021£44k£38k

Common questions

Is B HAMMER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds amounted to £2,246,494, representing a net income of £69,112 for the year. The trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and confident that adequate reserves exist to fulfill charitable obligations. The charity holds an investment property valued at £800,000 and has no staff costs or trustee remuneration. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DILLHAVEN LIMITED1£92k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£17k
KTRUST LIMITED1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHARITWORTH LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
B HAMMER CHARITABLE TRUST£100k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
BHM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£136k—0within—no doubt
SUE HAMMERSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£161k—0above—no doubt
THE ALAN BRENTNALL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.