The Sinclair Charity

Analysis

The Sinclair Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sinclair Charity reported income of £514k and spending of £455k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £963k to £514k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Sinclair Charity sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hutchinson Charitable Trust (£509k), The Utley Family Charitable Trust (£516k) and Gift Grow Good (£508k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £415k. Reserves of £13.0m would cover about 338 months of spending at that rate.