The Sustentation Fund

Analysis

The Sustentation Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sustentation Fund reported income of £10k and spending of £1,209, leaving 88% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,831 to £10k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 41% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Sustentation Fund sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alphabetical Order of Lebanon (£10k), Khidma Community Trust (£10k) and The Ronald Moore Sickness and Benevolent Fund (£10k).