Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust

Analysis

Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in April 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.5m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £1.9m (+8.2%), an average of +2.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sutton Coldfield Charitable 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cancercare (North Lancashire & South Cumbria) (£1.9m), Frontiers (£1.9m) and The Humane Research Trust CIO (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £7.6m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 people.

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.