The Sebastian Pearson Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sebastian Pearson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sebastian Pearson Charitable Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £24k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £21k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 160% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sebastian Pearson Charitable Trust sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Society of St George Charitable Trust (£21k), The Willingdon Memorial Hall (£21k) and The Eric and Dorothy Leach Charitable Trust (£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.