The Sai Ram Trust

Analysis

The Sai Ram Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in December 2000, 26 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Sai Ram Trust reported income of £105k and spending of £37k, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £36k to £105k (+192%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Sai Ram Trust sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Bilston) Sikh Temple (£105k), Skills Active Forward (£105k) and Eudaimonia (£105k).