The Rachel Sharman Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Rachel Sharman Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ringwood. It was registered in May 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rachel Sharman Charitable Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £11k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £850 to £22k (+2458%), an average of +125% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 909%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Rachel Sharman Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 Wanstead and Woodford University of the Third Age (U3a) (£22k), Tetney Playing Field and Village Hall (£22k) and Limelights - the Club for Young People (£22k).