The Sackler Trust

Analysis

The Sackler Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 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 company (Companies House number 07022224). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sackler Trust reported income of £259k and spending of £10.4m, spending 4005% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £597k to £259k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 1043% 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 Sackler Trust 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 The Weldon UK Charitable Trust (£259k), Hillfields Community Garden (£259k) and Excellence Day Nursery, Holiday Scheme,before and Afterschool Club) (£259k).

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.