The St Erth Trust

Analysis

The St Erth Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in June 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The St Erth Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £7,000, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £763 to £11k (+1336%), an average of +95% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 321%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The St Erth Trust sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotherham Holiday Aid (£11k), Nailsea Playing Field Association (£11k) and The Over Fifties Youth Club (£11k).