Sebastian Rathbone Fund

Analysis

Sebastian Rathbone Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Sebastian Rathbone Fund reported income of £74k and spending of £37k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £20k to £74k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Sebastian Rathbone Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Powys Welsh Church Fund (£74k), East Dean and Friston Village Hall Trust (£74k) and The Gary Landesberg Charitable Trust (£74k).