The Sternians Trust Fund

Analysis

The Sternians Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sternians Trust Fund reported income of £57k and spending of £43k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £39k to £57k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Sternians Trust Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bamford Pre-School Playgroup (£57k), West Dean Preschool (£57k) and Centred Horseplay (£57k).