Seed Sowers Trust

Analysis

Seed Sowers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckfastleigh. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04123874). It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Seed Sowers Trust reported income of £25k and spending of £16k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £12k to £25k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Seed Sowers Trust sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Witton Gilbert Village Hall Association (£25k), The Khayami Foundation (£25k) and Start-A-Heart 247 (£25k).