# The Knighton Hammond Charitable Trust

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1212479 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1212479)
- What it funds: General charitable purposes
- Who it helps: Other charities or voluntary bodies, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales
- Other names: The Michael John Hammond Charitable Trust (previous)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/knighton-hammond-charitable-trust

The main purpose of the Charity is to promote education and the Arts. As a starting point, the Charity is set to receive the Settlor's collection of pictures ad portraits by Arthur Henry Knighton Hammond. The Charity also envisages promoting, sustaining and increasing individual and collective knowledge and understanding of the works of Hammond and similar artists.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> 3.1. The trustees shall hold the capital and income of the trust fund upon trust to apply the income, and all or such part or parts of the capital, at such time or times and in such manner to advance, or for the benefit of, such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the world as the trustees may in their discretion think fit.3.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-clause 3.1, during the lifetime of the settlor for the period of 21 years from the date hereof if longer, the trustees may in their discretion, instead of applying the income of the trust fund in any year, accumulate all or any part of such income by investing the same, and the resulting income, in any investments authorised by this deed or by law as an accretion to and as part of the capital of the trust fund, without prejudice to their right to apply the whole or any part of such accumulated income in any subsequent year as if the same were income of the trust fund arising in the then current year. 3.3. Subject thereto the trustees may at any time set aside any part of the income as a reserve fund to meet planned future expenditure. 3.4. Nothing in this deed shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the charities and trustee investment (Scotland) act 2005 and/or section 2 of the Charities Act (northern Ireland) 2008

## What it funds

The Knighton Hammond Charitable Trust is registered under general charitable purposes for other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The Knighton Hammond Charitable Trust in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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