Sabeno Limited

Analysis

Sabeno Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03780886). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Sabeno Limited reported income of £1.2m and spending of £710k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £974k to £1.2m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sabeno Limited sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Melow Charitable Trust (£1.2m), Friends of Achiezer Arad (£1.2m) and Cornerstone Evangelical Church (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 51% and investments 49%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £530k. Reserves of £10.0m would cover about 169 months of spending at that rate.