The Seneca Trust

Analysis

The Seneca Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Seneca Trust reported income of £4.5m and spending of £1.6m, leaving 65% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £4.5m (+345%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 172%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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 Seneca Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Horizon Youth Centre (£4.5m), British Society of Gastroenterology (£4.5m) and Hollick Family Foundation (£4.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £9.0m would cover about 69 months of spending at that rate.