The Eric F Sparkes Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Eric F Sparkes Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in -. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Eric F Sparkes Charitable Trust reported income of £40k and spending of £44k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £35k to £40k (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Eric F Sparkes Charitable Trust sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The City and University of Cambridge Masonic Charitable Trust (£40k), The Mayor of Wolverhampton's Charitable Fund (£40k) and The Chelsea Square 1994 Trust (£40k).

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.