The Sunbeam Children Trust

Analysis

The Sunbeam Children Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in April 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Sunbeam Children Trust reported income of £41k and spending of £50k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £30k to £41k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 516%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Sunbeam Children Trust sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shen Place Almshouses (£41k), Roe's Almshouse Charities (£41k) and Alcester United Almshouse Charity (£41k).