THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST — grant history

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Latest income

£6.5m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£5.7m

Accounts grants total

£6.3m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (11 grantees)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (9 grantees)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (5 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (5 grantees)
Disability (4 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (3 grantees)
Recreation (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (1 grantee)
Environment/conservation/heritage (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (5 grantees)
Northern Ireland (4 grantees)
Scotland (4 grantees)
Throughout London (2 grantees)
Isle Of Man (2 grantees)
Birmingham City (2 grantees)
Haringey (2 grantees)
Hackney (2 grantees)
Bermuda (1 grantee)
Belgium (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	University of Oxford — Bodley’s Librarian and HHDUL Endowment	—	£4.0m
new	UCL Institute of Education ~ HH Centre	—	£279k
new	The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA	—	£250k
new	University of Oxford - ArchiOx	—	£200k
new	Royal Opera House, London (Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat)	—	£170k
new	Aspire Oxford	—	£10k
new	Margate School ~ Saturday Clubs	—	£10k
new	SPORT 4 LIFE UK	—	£10k
up	THE CHARTERED COLLEGE OF TEACHING	£231k	£580k
not listed	THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ENDOWMENT TRUST	£2.5m	—
not listed	Cini Foundation	£512k	—
not listed	University of Oxford — Oxford Institute of Population Ageing	£506k	—
not listed	Fordham University	£450k	—
not listed	British Library	£297k	—
not listed	The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art	£250k	—
not listed	University of Oxford ARCHiOx Project	£224k	—
not listed	International Foundation for Research and Education (Ashoka University)	£203k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
University of Oxford — Bodley’s Librarian and HHDUL Endowment	FY2025	£4.0m	Endowment of the post of Bodley’s Librarian and Director of University Libraries
Chartered College of Teaching	FY2025	£580k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
UCL Institute of Education ~ HH Centre	FY2025	£279k	Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA	FY2025	£250k	Core funding
University of Oxford - ArchiOx	FY2025	£200k	ARCHiOx Project
Royal Opera House, London (Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat)	FY2025	£170k	Cinderella performance
Associacao Festival da Musica, Setubal, Portugal	FY2025	£75k	Setubal Music Festival
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2025	£14k	Education and Welfare
Aspire Oxford	FY2025	£10k	Education and Welfare
Margate School ~ Saturday Clubs	FY2025	£10k	Education and Welfare
Sport 4 Life UK	FY2025	£10k	Education and Welfare
Royal College of Art	FY2025	£8k	Education and Welfare
The Spitz Charitable Trust	FY2025	£7k	Healthy Ageing
Age UK Cheshire	FY2025	£5k	Healthy Ageing
DeCapo Music Foundation	FY2025	£5k	Education and Welfare
Parenting Mental Health	FY2025	£5k	Education and Welfare
CYTO	FY2025	£5k	Education and Welfare
InterAct Stroke Support	FY2025	£5k	Medical
V&A Museum	FY2025	£5k	The Arts and Culture
North East Museums	FY2025	£5k	Education and Welfare
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew	FY2025	£4k	The Arts and Culture
Age Concern North Norfolk	FY2025	£4k	Healthy Ageing
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2025	£3k	The Arts and Culture
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2025	£2k	Healthy Ageing
London Symphony Orchestra Endowment Trust	FY2024	£2.5m	Endowment for Young Composers Scheme
Cini Foundation	FY2024	£512k	Venice Cultural Heritage Centre
University of Oxford — Oxford Institute of Population Ageing	FY2024	£506k	EPIC Networks
Fordham University	FY2024	£450k	Helen Hamlyn Senior Fellow
Fordham University	FY2024	£450k	Helen Hamlyn Humanitarian Fellow
British Library	FY2024	£297k	Helen Hamlyn Legacy Project
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art	FY2024	£250k	Core funding
Chartered College of Teaching	FY2024	£231k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
University of Oxford ARCHiOx Project	FY2024	£224k
International Foundation for Research and Education (Ashoka University)	FY2024	£203k
University College London Institute of Education	FY2024	£150k	HH Centre
The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London	FY2024	£150k	Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat — The Nutcracker
British Museum	FY2024	£90k	Family trails Reprint
The Factum Foundation London	FY2024	£87k
Associacao Festival da Musica, Setubal, Portugal	FY2024	£75k
World Heart Beat	FY2024	£40k
RCA	FY2024	£20k	Creative Leadership in Education
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2024	£15k
Pitt Rivers Museum	FY2024	£9k	Discover and Create Programme
V&A Museum	FY2024	£5k
Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew	FY2024	£5k
International National Trusts Organisation	FY2024	£4k
The Clement James Centre	FY2024	£4k
Ashmolean Museum	FY2024	£4k	Mughal Indian Miniature Display
International National Trusts Organisation	FY2023	£400k	Capacity Building
Science Museum — Early years learning	FY2023	£312k
The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the RCA	FY2023	£250k	Core funding
Garsington Opera — Learning and Participation	FY2023	£225k
Chartered College of Teaching	FY2023	£190k	Rethinking curriculum: Designing for the future
Cini Foundation — ‘Venice Cultural Heritage Centre’	FY2023	£177k
Royal Opera House, London (Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat)	FY2023	£150k	The Nutcracker
Associacao Festival da Musica, Setubal, Portugal	FY2023	£79k
UCL Institute of Education — HH Centre	FY2023	£72k
Imperial Health Charity	FY2023	£68k
LSO Panufnik Futures concert	FY2023	£40k
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2023	£10k	Education & Welfare
P.H.O.E.B.E.	FY2023	£8k
English National Opera	FY2023	£7k
Arts at the Old Fire Station	FY2023	£7k
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2023	£6k	The Arts and Culture
Animal Antiks	FY2023	£6k
The National Portrait Gallery	FY2023	£5k
New Diorama Theatre	FY2023	£5k
The Spitz Charitable Trust	FY2023	£5k
V&A Museum	FY2023	£5k
Grants of £3,000 or less	FY2023	£4k	Healthy Ageing
Youth On The Move (London)	FY2023	£4k

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 5659005 vs reference 6328832 (10.6% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.