The Streetlight Trust

Analysis

The Streetlight Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Milton Keynes. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Streetlight Trust reported income of £76k and spending of £81k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £78k to £76k (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Streetlight Trust sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Abingdon Vineyard Church (£76k), The Sarwar Foundation (£76k) and The Shia Islamic Education Society (£76k).