The Sedbury Trust

Analysis

The Sedbury Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Sedbury Trust reported income of £144k and spending of £234k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £127k to £144k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Sedbury Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aireborough Supported Activities Scheme (£143k), Dyslexia Association of Staffordshire Limited (£144k) and Lilyanne's Wellbeing (£143k).