Overall GiG Score: 11 ?
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +9

PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION 

The foundation supports work in the UK and India. Its focus is on helping people to overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity so that they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives. It has a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts. It operates through grant making and related charitable activities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 20 years

www.phf.org.uk

information@phf.org.uk

02078123300

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£5,465£54,375£-48,910£0£875,338£0n/a490
31/03/22£5,056£52,373£-47,317£0£915,126£0n/a480
31/03/21£39,759£49,836£-10,077£0£905,558£0n/a470
31/03/20£32,208£57,250£-25,042£0£736,435£0n/a450
31/03/19£24,511£46,601£-22,090£0£771,268£0n/a380
31/03/18£33,610£33,303£306£0£755,087£0n/a350
31/03/17£19,410£29,450£-10,041£0£746,560£0n/a370
31/03/16£19,776£20,176£-399£0£654,035£0n/a360
31/03/15£16,323£26,211£-9,888£29£659,868£0n/a330
31/03/14£17,936£26,589£-8,653£42£600,146£0n/a320
31/03/13£16,225£33,411£-17,186£69£600,418£0n/a310
31/03/12£14,256£23,354£-9,098£34£559,560£0n/a300
31/03/11£19,722£21,542£-1,820£46£566,686£2,6391.5300
31/03/10£11,239£23,396£-12,157£51£548,326£3,8942270
31/03/09£14,223£17,364£-3,141£30£466,265£16,30311.3210
31/03/08£20,515£18,579£1,936£27£513,512£19,44412.6190
31/03/07£17,949£22,401£-4,452£27£548,540£17,7439.5150
31/03/06£16,906£11,130£5,776£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£16,720£9,066£7,654£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 931%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: -7 months
Quick Ratio: 0.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 49 employees
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • India, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Esmee Fairbairn£399,153
Unbound Philanthropy£160,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£8,000 13/02/2023
Towards core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£80,000 19/10/2022
Towards core costs to gather and share evidence and data on the value of arts and cultural education and, demonstrating the ways in which and arts and cultural education provides children with skills ....more
DCMS - Investment Funds
£10,000 16/03/2022
We are the national development agency for creativity and culture. By 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£311,153 15/12/2020
12
Towards delegated grant-making for an extension of the Act for Change Fund, to support organisations as they adapt their programmes in light of COVID-19
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£160,000 23/07/2019
48
For support of a funder partnership to elevate young people engaged in citizenship and migration reforms
National Lottery Community Fund - iwill fund
£1,600,000 27/03/2018
36
iwill fund
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£1,000,000 08/02/2018
36
Towards the Act for Change Fund, supporting more young people to lead social change, providing resources for young people to challenge social injustice, find ways of overcoming inequality and give ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£20,000 19/12/2017
9
Towards the pilot of the first UK Peace First Challenge, working with a coalition of UK youth organisations.
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to Paul Hamlyn Foundation
£170,000 03/08/2016
36
For support for the Supported Options Initiative to help young people in the UK who have insecure immigration status.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-78
  • JANE HAMLYN (Chair) Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Artist
  • SILAJA BIRKS Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Strategic Partnerships
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/2004, number: 1102927
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/02/2004, number: 05042279
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

PAUL HAMLYN FOUNDATION
5-11 LEEKE STREET
LONDON
WC1X 9HY

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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