Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust

Analysis

Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in May 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust reported income of £952k and spending of £930k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £134k to £952k (+611%), an average of +63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 234%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Sustainable Fisheries and Communities Trust 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Esha' Atul Islam (£951k), Gaur Govinda Trust (£952k) and The Coltstaple Trust (£951k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £234k. Reserves of £43k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.