Sarasin Charity Authorised Investment Funds

Analysis

Sarasin Charity Authorised Investment Funds is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Sarasin Charity Authorised Investment Funds reported income of £72.9m and spending of £109.7m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £47.7m to £72.9m (+53%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 173% 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, Sarasin Charity Authorised Investment Funds sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paypal Giving Fund UK (£66.6m), Charities Trust (£74.4m) and Stephen Taylor Foundation (£61.1m).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.