Scorfen Charitable Trust

Analysis

Scorfen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwickshire. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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, Scorfen Charitable Trust reported income of £84k and spending of £104k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £84k (+202%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 188% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Scorfen Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sambourne Trust (£84k), Child Rights and You UK (£84k) and West Midland Bird Club (£84k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.