Sahara for Life Trust

Analysis

Sahara for Life Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Sahara for Life Trust reported income of £538k and spending of £480k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £423k to £538k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 191%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sahara for Life Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Light for the World CIO (£538k), Karma Nirvana (£538k) and As-Salaam Humanitarian Foundation (£538k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £395k. Reserves of £103k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.