Sumner Wilson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sumner Wilson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sumner Wilson Charitable Trust reported income of £136k and spending of £277k, spending 204% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £99k to £136k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sumner Wilson Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Blues and Royals Association (£136k), The Shropshire Islamic Foundation (£136k) and Tonbridge Counselling Service (£136k).