The Sterling Charity

Analysis

The Sterling Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in January 2009, 17 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 December 2025, The Sterling Charity reported income of £253k and spending of £396k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £79k to £253k (+220%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 187% 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 Sterling Charity sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Local Voice in the Community (£253k), Medway NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund (£253k) and Leo's (£253k).

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.