The Sandy Ridge Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sandy Ridge Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sandy Ridge Charitable Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £150, leaving 99% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,000 to £15k (+654%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 7.2% 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 Sandy Ridge Charitable Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rotary Club of Colchester Forum Trust Fund (£15k), Elsie's Moon (£15k) and More Horizons (£15k).