The Sparrow Trust

Analysis

The Sparrow Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 September 2025, The Sparrow Trust reported income of £18k and spending of £41k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £24k to £18k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 276%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Sparrow Trust sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Beyond Cancer (£18k), Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky Charitable Trust (£18k) and Make a Difference, Tavistock (£18k).