The Samuel Tak Lee Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Samuel Tak Lee Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Samuel Tak Lee Charitable Trust reported income of £132k and spending of £226k, spending 171% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,300 to £132k (+5656%), an average of +175% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 2099%. Over the whole period it spent 700% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Samuel Tak Lee Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Betchworth and Buckland Childrens Nursery (£132k), North Wootton Pre-School Playgroup (£132k) and Stevenage Sporting Futures Team Ltd (£132k).