The Charlie Sumption Memorial Fund

Analysis

The Charlie Sumption Memorial Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saltash. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Charlie Sumption Memorial Fund reported income of £47k and spending of £14k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £20k to £47k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 48% 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 Charlie Sumption Memorial Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aurora Breast Cancer Wellbeing (£47k), The Evangelical Fellowship Trust Carlisle (£47k) and Biddenden Village Halls and Sports Committee (£47k).