The Sam Morley Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sam Morley Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kington. It was registered in June 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Sam Morley Charitable Trust reported income of £127k and spending of £52k, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £102k to £127k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 284%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Sam Morley Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Purple House Nurseries (£127k), Ibijoke Children Foundation UK (£127k) and The Zion Church of God (£127k).