The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in May 1996, 30 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust reported income of £10k and spending of £21k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7,357 to £10k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The WR Foundation (£10k), Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated (£10k) and Rotary@kingsholm Trust Fund (£10k).