Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited

Analysis

Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in October 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02600844). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.4m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sunnyside Rural Trust Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire House Association (£2.4m), The Lodge Trust CIO (£2.4m) and Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 91%, donations and legacies 5.4%, trading 2.5% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £510k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 68 people.