Sikh Learning Trust

Analysis

Sikh Learning Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Sikh Learning Trust reported income of £78k and spending of £63k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £41k to £78k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sikh Learning Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jesus Hospital (£78k), Calvary Baptist Church (£78k) and Ellador Limited (£78k).