The Saffron Trust

Analysis

The Saffron Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Saffron Trust reported income of £22k and spending of £18k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £16k to £22k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Saffron Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Malawi Health Care Support (UK) (£22k), Banbury Parkinson's Fellowship (£22k) and Art for Their Sake (£22k).