Schroder Charity Trust

Analysis

Schroder Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00386771). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Schroder Charity Trust reported income of £598k and spending of £537k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £525k to £598k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Schroder Charity Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miva Foundation (£598k), Hull 4 Heroes (£599k) and The Brownsword Charitable Foundation (£595k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £480k. Reserves of £10.6m would cover about 216 months of spending at that rate.