ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 309997 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDES GRANTS TO OTHER CHARITIES TO HELP CHILDREN IN THE SECOND YEAR OF GCSE OR "A" LEVEL EDUCATION DEPENDING ON SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL NEED. PROVIDES BURSARIES AT TWO COLLEGES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TUTORS CONCERNED. ALSO GENERAL CHARITABLE GIVING

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

Latest income

£250k

Latest spending

£438k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,195,452.96 at the year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue the charity's objectives. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year due to investment losses, but maintains a substantial investment portfolio valued at over £8.7 million to support its grant-making activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Trust income is derived from its investment portfolio.” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Mr WE Vernor-Miles is a partner in Hunters Law LLP, which received legal fees of £12,770.

“Mr WE Vernor-Miles is a partner in the firm of Hunters Law LLP who received fees totaling £12,770 in the year excluding VAT (2024: £14,778). Mr D P Orr is a member of the firm Raymond James who were the Trust's Investment Managers and received management fees of £25,740 in the year excluding VAT (2024: £25,117).” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee Mr D P Orr is a member of Raymond James, which received investment management fees of £25,740.

“Mr WE Vernor-Miles is a partner in the firm of Hunters Law LLP who received fees totaling £12,770 in the year excluding VAT (2024: £14,778). Mr D P Orr is a member of the firm Raymond James who were the Trust's Investment Managers and received management fees of £25,740 in the year excluding VAT (2024: £25,117).” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

JENNIFER NYIRIchair
DAVID PETER ORR · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr POLLY BRANDON
EMILY BRANDON
MR JOHN CROSFIELD VERNOR MILES · trustee of 7 other charities
WILLIAM BRANDON
Wilfrid Edward Vernor-Miles · trustee of 10 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£250k	£438k
30/06/2024	£240k	£427k
30/06/2023	£243k	£394k
30/06/2022	£251k	£369k
30/06/2021	£217k	£379k

Common questions

Is ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,195,452.96 at the year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue the charity's objectives. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources for the year due to investment losses, but maintains a substantial investment portfolio valued at over £8.7 million to support its grant-making activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE BMTA TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BMTA TRUST	FY2022	£50k	assist Year 11 pupils

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MENPHYS LIMITED	1	£45k
THE HAPPY BABY COMMUNITY	1	£28k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £373k
B HAMMER CHARITABLE TRUST income £100k
THE GATEHAMPTON TRUST income £172k
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST income £260k
THE HARAMEAD TRUST income £4.8m
THE A. H. TRUST income £359k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ELEANOR HAMILTON EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£250k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GUY AND ELINOR MEYNELL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£373k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
B HAMMER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GATEHAMPTON TRUST FY2025	£172k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EDHEC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£260k	—	unclear	1.4%	no doubt
THE HARAMEAD TRUST FY2025	£4.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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