The Sherling Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sherling Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Sherling Charitable Trust reported income of £780k and spending of £348k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £2.4m to £780k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 30% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Sherling Charitable Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brainstrust (£779k), The Churchill Foundation (£781k) and The League of Friends of the Yeovil Hospitals (£779k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 55% and donations and legacies 45%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £316k. Reserves of £7.0m would cover about 241 months of spending at that rate.