Sangat Trust

Analysis

Sangat Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2011, 15 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 07355264). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sangat Trust reported income of £848k and spending of £868k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £848k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 30%. 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, Sangat Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Heart Research Institute (UK) (£847k), Vale Wildlife Hospital (£848k) and Doctors with Africa Cuamm UK (£847k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%. Charitable activities took 65% of spending and raising funds 35%. Reserves of £243k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.