Dr S S Short Charitable Trust

Analysis

Dr S S Short Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Dr S S Short Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £91k, spending 443% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £19k to £21k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 490% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Dr S S Short Charitable Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of All Saints' Church of England Primary School (£21k), Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (UK) (£21k) and Stroat Church (£21k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.