Sturts Community Trust

Analysis

Sturts Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in May 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08359958). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Sturts Community Trust reported income of £3.8m and spending of £3.6m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.8m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sturts Community Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Stockport, East Cheshire, High Peak, Urmston & District Cerebral Palsy Society (£3.8m), Jubilee House Care Trust Ltd (£3.8m) and The Springboard Charity (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 86%, trading 10% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Reserves of £400k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.