High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust

Analysis

High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shepton Mallet. It was registered in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £78k to £16k (-79%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Libya in the UK (£16k), 1st Formby Scout Group (£16k) and Brampton Abbotts Parish Hall (£16k).