Shanti Charitable Trust

Analysis

Shanti Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Middlesbrough. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, 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, Shanti Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £44k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,107 to £24k (+661%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 647%. Over the whole period it spent 306% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Shanti Charitable Trust sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Fencing & Sports Trust (£24k), Good Gardeners International (£24k) and St George's Day Charity Club Watford and District (£24k).

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.