Sentebale

Analysis

Sentebale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 company (Companies House number 05747857). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sentebale reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £2.0m (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sentebale sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust (£2.0m), Hywel Dda Health Charities (£2.0m) and YMCA Plymouth Ltd (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63%, donations and legacies 30%, trading 3.5% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £189k. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 4.7%. Reserves of £250k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 96 people.

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.