The Sarojben Patel Memorial Trust

Analysis

The Sarojben Patel Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in July 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sarojben Patel Memorial Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £700, leaving 96% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-33%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Sarojben Patel Memorial Trust sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Henderson Charity (£16k), Thomas Sanderson's Charity (£16k) and Ethiopia Education Aid (£16k).